A unique hominin menu dated to 1.95 million years ago

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

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 10771-10772

  Steele, Teresa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AFRICA; ALLIGATOR; ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTIQUITY; AQUATIC SPECIES; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN GROWTH; CARNIVORE; CATFISH; ENAMEL; FAUNA; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGER; FOSSIL HOMININ; HARE; HISTORY; HUMAN; KENYA; MESOLITHIC; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MOLLUSC; NOTE; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHELLFISH; SKELETON; TAXON; TAXONOMY; TURTLE; UPPER PLEISTOCENE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATFISHES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KENYA; PALEONTOLOGY; TURTLES;

EID: 77954627830     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005992107     Document Type: Note

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