Biogeochemical and craniometric investigation of dietary ecology, niche separation, and taxonomy of plio-pleistocene cercopithecoids from the Makapansgat limeworks

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-135

  Fourie, Nicolaas Hofmeyer ^a,b   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^a,c   Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craniofacial morphology; Enamel; Makapansgat; Stable isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; CARBON 13; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 18; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BABOON; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOMETRY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; THEROPITHECUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CEPHALOMETRY; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; PALEODONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 38349147614     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20713     Document Type: Article

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