Stable Isotope Ecology in the Omo-Turkana Basin

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 228-237

  Cerling, Thure E ^a   Levin, Naomi E ^b   Passey, Benjamin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C 3; C 4; Hominin; Paleoanthropology; Paleoenvironment; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; KENYA; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOMINIDAE; ISOTOPES; KENYA;

EID: 83655172325     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20326     Document Type: Article

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