Microwear, mechanics and the feeding adaptations of Australopithecus africanus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-168

  Strait, David S ^a   Weber, Gerhard W ^b   Constantino, Paul ^c   Lucas, Peter W ^d   Richmond, Brian G ^e,f   Spencer, Mark A ^g   Dechow, Paul C ^h   Ross, Callum F ⁱ   Grosse, Ian R ^j   Wright, Barth W ^k   Wood, Bernard A ^e,f   Wang, Qian ^l   Byron, Craig ^m   Slice, Dennis E ⁿ  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^e THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^j University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^k KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^l MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Australopithecus; Diet; Feeding mechanics; Finite element analysis; Microwear

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRANIUM; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOMINID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS;

EID: 84855197786     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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