Experimental determinations of carcass processing by Plio-Pleistocene hominids and carnivores at FLK 22 (Zinjanthropus), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 555-597

  Capaldo, Salvatore D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actualistic studies; Comparability; Control samples; Dual and multiple patterning; Natural history; Paleoecology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; HOMINIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA;

CARCASS PROCESSING; HOMINID; PALEOECOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; CARNIVORA; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TANZANIA; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BONE AND BONES; CARNIVORA; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALEODONTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; TANZANIA; TOOTH;

EID: 0031277434     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0150     Document Type: Article

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