Paleoenvironment of Australopithecus anamensis at Allia Bay, East Turkana, Kenya: Evidence from mammalian herbivore enamel stable isotopes

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 200-207

  Schoeninger, Margaret J ^a   Reeser, Holly ^b   Hallin, Kris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Allia Bay; Australopithecus anamensis; Carbon isotopes; East Africa; Human evolution; Oxygen isotopes; Paleodiet; Paleoecology; Pliocene; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141761404     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4165(03)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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