Molar macrowear reveals neanderthal eco-geographic dietary variation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Fiorenza, Luca ^a,b   Benazzi, Stefano ^c   Tausch, Jeremy ^d,e   Kullmer, Ottmar ^a   Bromage, Timothy G ^f   Schrenk, Friedemann ^a,e  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Borough of Manhattan Community College   (United States)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EVERGREEN RAIN FOREST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FOSSIL HUMAN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATITUDE; LIFESPAN; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PROTEIN DIET; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES HABITAT; TAIGA; TAXONOMY; TOOTH DISEASE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY;

HOMO SAPIENS;

DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MOLAR; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 79952791945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014769     Document Type: Article

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