Early hominin diet included diverse terrestrial and aquatic animals 1.95 Ma in East Turkana, Kenya

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

Volumn 107, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 10002-10007

  Braun, David R ^a   Harris, John W K ^b   Levin, Naomi E ^c   McCoy, Jack T ^b   Herries, Andy I R ^d   Bamford, Marion K ^e   Bishop, Laura C ^f   Richmond, Brian G ^g,h   Kibunjia, Mzalendo ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Oldowan; Paleolithic; Paleomagnetism; Stone tools

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIETARY INTAKE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISH; FOSSIL HOMININ; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HOMO ERECTUS; HUMAN; KENYA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES HABITAT; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; DIET; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KENYA; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); HOMO ERECTUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77953395477     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1002181107     Document Type: Article

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