Dietary characterization of the hominoid Khoratpithecus (Miocene of Thailand): Evidence from dental topographic and microwear texture analyses

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 329-333

  Merceron, Gildas ^a,d   Taylor, Sarah ^a   Scott, Robert ^a   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^b   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; HOMINID; MIOCENE; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APE; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FOSSIL; FRUIT; GORILLA; GRINDING; HARDNESS; MOLAR TOOTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PRIMATE; THAILAND; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; DENTITION; DIET; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THAILAND; TOOTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

HOMINOIDEA; KHORATPITHECUS PIRIYAI; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 33745437731     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0107-0     Document Type: Article

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