Dental Evidence for Diets of Early Homo

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402099793, 2009, Pages 121-134

  Ungar, Peter S ^a   Scott, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental topographic analysis; Diet; Homo erectus; Homo habilis; Microweartexture analysis; Molars

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958055274     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9980-9_11     Document Type: Chapter

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