The hunters and the hunted revisited

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 565-576

  Lee Thorp, Julia ^a   Thackeray, J Francis ^b   Van der Merwe, Nikolaas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hominids; Predators; Prey; Stable carbon isotopes; Swartkrans

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0034490652     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2000.0436     Document Type: Article

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