African hominin stable isotopic data do not necessarily indicate grass consumption

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

Volumn 110, Issue 43, 2013, Pages

  Fontes Villalba, Maelán ^a   Carrera Bastos, Pedro ^a   Cordain, Loren ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; IODINE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL FOOD; BRAIN SIZE; CARBON SOURCE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENAMEL; GRASS; HOMINID; HUMAN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON ISOTOPES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84886398233     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1311461110     Document Type: Letter

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