Meat-eating by early hominids at the FLK 22 Zinjanthropus site, Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania): An experimental approach using cut-mark data

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 669-690

  Domínguez Rodrigo, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cut marks; Lions; Meat eating; Mid shafts; Olduvai; Plio pleistocene sites; Proximal distal shafts; Upper lower limb bones

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; HOMINIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

DIET; HOMINID; MEAT EATING; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEAT; PALEONTOLOGY; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; FOOD PREFERENCES; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEAT; PALEONTOLOGY; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA, OLDUVAI GORGE;

EID: 0031448606     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0161     Document Type: Article

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