Dental microwear and diet of the Plio-Pleistocene hominin Paranthropus boisei

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Ungar, Peter S ^a   Grine, Frederick E ^b,c   Teaford, Mark F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIET; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOSSIL HOMININ; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MOLAR TOOTH; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOOTH; ANIMAL; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HOMINID; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

PARANTHROPUS BOISEI; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; DIET; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; PALEODONTOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH;

EID: 44349085901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002044     Document Type: Article

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