When humans chew bones

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-123

  Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda ^a   Andrews, Peter ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chewing marks; Human tooth marks; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

EID: 78649450935     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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