The diet of the Yuanmou hominoid, Yunnan Province, China: An analysis from tooth size and morphology

Anthropological Science

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-163

  Wu, Liu ^a   Feng, Gao ^b   Liang, Zheng ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Provincial Institute of Archaeology   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diet; Miocene hominoid; Tooth morphology; Tooth size; Yuanmou hominoids

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BERRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENAMEL; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; HOMINID; NONHUMAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANT LEAF; THICKNESS; TOOTH SIZE;

EID: 0036525923     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.110.149     Document Type: Article

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