Dental microwear texture analysis of hominins recovered by the Olduvai Landscape Paleoanthropology Project, 1995-2007

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 429-437

  Ungar, Peter S ^a   Krueger, Kristin L ^a   Blumenschine, Robert J ^b   Njau, Jackson ^c   Scott, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Human Evolution Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Homo erectus; Homo habilis; Paranthropus boisei

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DIET; HOMINID; PALEONTOLOGY; SIZE; TAXONOMY; TEXTURE;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HABILIS; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI;

EID: 84864544963     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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