Viewpoints: Diet and dietary adaptations in early hominins: The hard food perspective

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-355

  Strait, David S ^a   Constantino, Paul ^b   Lucas, Peter W ^c   Richmond, Brian G ^d,e   Spencer, Mark A ^f   Dechow, Paul C ^g   Ross, Callum F ^h   Grosse, Ian R ⁱ   Wright, Barth W ^j   Wood, Bernard A ^d,e   Weber, Gerhard W ^k   Wang, Qian ^l   Byron, Craig ^m   Slice, Dennis E ⁿ   Chalk, Janine ^o   Smith, Amanda L ^a   Smith, Leslie C ^g   Wood, Sarah ⁱ   Berthaume, Michael ⁱ   Benazzi, Stefano ^p   Dzialo, Christine ⁱ   Tamvada, Kelli ^a   Ledogar, Justin A ^a   more..

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^d THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ University of Massachusetts   (United States)

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

^k UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^l MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Australopithecus; biomechanics; carbon isotope; microwear; Paranthropus

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DIET; ENAMEL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL HOMININ; MORPHOLOGY; REVIEW; TOOTH;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; EATING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 84879394783     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22285     Document Type: Review

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