Isotopic evidence for the diet of an early hominid, Australopithecus africanus

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5400, 1999, Pages 368-370

  Sponheimer, Matt ^a,b   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13;

DIET;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHIMPANZEE; EVOLUTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HOMINID; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MEAT; PALEODONTOLOGY; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; CYPERACEAE; HOMINIDAE; PAN TROGLODYTES; POACEAE; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033556332     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5400.368     Document Type: Article

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