Sr/Ca and early hominin diets revisited: New data from modern and fossil tooth enamel

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-156

  Sponheimer, Matt ^a,b   de Ruiter, Darryl ^c   Lee Thorp, Julia ^b   Späth, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enamel; Hominin; Paleodiet; Paleoecology; Sr Ca

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIET; ENAMEL; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOECOLOGY; STRONTIUM; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PARANTHROPUS;

EID: 13444259383     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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