Stable isotopes in fossil hominin tooth enamel suggest a fundamental dietary shift in the Pliocene

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1556, 2010, Pages 3389-3396

  Lee Thorp, Julia A ^a   Sponheimer, Matt ^b   Passey, Benjamin H ^c   De Ruiter, Darryl J ^d   Cerling, Thure E ^e  

^a Research Laboratory for Archaeology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopiths; Carbon isotopes; Enamel

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIETARY SHIFT; ENAMEL; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASS; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLIOCENE; SEDGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EAST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ARDIPITHECUS RAMIDUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; CAREX; HOMINIDAE; PAN; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI; POACEAE;

EID: 77958071230     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0059     Document Type: Article

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