Isotopic evidence for the diets of European Neanderthals and early modern humans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 16034-16039

  Richards, Michael P ^a,b   Trinkaus, Erik ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Europe; Fishing; Isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; FRESHWATER FISH; HERBIVORE; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BONE; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TIME;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE AND BONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARNIVORA; COLLAGEN; DIET; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349507631     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903821106     Document Type: Article

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