The isotopic ecology of African mole rats informs hypotheses on the evolution of human diet

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1619, 2007, Pages 1723-1730

  Yeakel, Justin D ^a   Bennett, Nigel C ^b   Koch, Paul L ^a   Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Cryptomys; Geophytes; Hominin evolution; Plant underground storage organs; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

APATITE;

C4 PLANT; DIET; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ECOLOGY; FOSSIL; GRASS; HABITAT; MASTICATION; MEAT; MOLAR TOOTH; MOLE RAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; BATHYERGIDAE; CAREX; CRYPTOMYS; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS NATALENSIS; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; POACEAE;

EID: 34548435754     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0330     Document Type: Article

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