Carnivore competition, bone destruction, and bone density

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2025-2034

  Faith, J Tyler ^a   Marean, Curtis W ^b   Behrensmeyer, Anna K ^c  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone density; Carnivore competition; Carnivore destruction; Olduvai; Spotted hyena; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; CARNIVORE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HOMINID; OLDUVAI EVENT; TAPHONOMY;

CROCUTA CROCUTA;

EID: 35548956491     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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