Dietary inferences through buccal microwear analysis of middle and upper pleistocene human fossils

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-387

  Lalueza, Carles ^a   Pérez Pérez, Alejandro ^a   Turbón, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculturalists; Buccal microwear; Diet; Hunter gatherers; Neanderthals; SEM

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; TOOTH DISEASE; VEGETABLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTITION; DIET; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PALEODONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOOTH;

EID: 0029885603     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199607)100:3<367::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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