Diet of Theropithecus from 4 to 1 Ma in Kenya

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 10507-10512

  Cerling, Thure E ^a   Chritz, Kendra L ^a   Jablonski, Nina G ^b   Leakey, Meave G ^c,d,e   Manthi, Fredrick Kyalo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Turkana Basin Institute   (Kenya)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Baboon; C3; East Africa; Koobi Fora; Nachukui

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABOON; DIET; ENAMEL; FOOD INTAKE; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEROPITHECUS;

BABOON; C3; EAST AFRICA; KOOBI FORA; NACHUKUI;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; KENYA; PAPIO; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SOUTH AFRICA; THEROPITHECUS;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; CAREX; PAPIO; PARANTHROPUS; POACEAE; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS OSWALDI;

EID: 84879530533     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222571110     Document Type: Article

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