Investigating the Signature of Aquatic Resource Use within Pleistocene Hominin Dietary Adaptations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Archer, Will ^a   Braun, David R ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE SURFACE MICROHARDNESS; DIETARY INTAKE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOSSIL HOMININ; PLEISTOCENE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CATFISHES; CICHLIDS; DIET; FOOD HANDLING; HOMINIDAE; KENYA; PALEONTOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84882617036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069899     Document Type: Article

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