Africa's wild C4 plant foods and possible early hominid diets

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-236

  Peters, Charles R ^a   Vogel, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

C4 forbs; C4 grasses; C4 sedges; CAM plants; Carbon isotopes; Ecology; Paleoanthropology; Paleodiet; Papyrus

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; ENAMEL; HOMINID; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CYPERACEAE; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; HOMINIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; REPTILIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 14544279340     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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