Mozambican grass seed consumption during the middle stone age

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5960, 2009, Pages 1680-1683

  Mercader, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STARCH;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUIT; GRASS; HOMINID; MESOLITHIC; SORGHUM; STARCH;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CEREAL; DIET; FORAGER; FRUIT; GRAIN; GRASS; MESOLITHIC; MIDDLE AGES; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; NUT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORGHUM; SOUTH AFRICA; STONE AGE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CEREALS; DIET; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MOZAMBIQUE; POACEAE; SEEDS; SORGHUM; STARCH;

MOZAMBIQUE;

HOMO SAPIENS; POACEAE;

EID: 72949107128     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1173966     Document Type: Article

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