Hominin Diets

A Companion to Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 165-182

  Ungar, Peter S ^a   Sponheimer, Matt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological models; Fossil evidence; Fossil hominins; Hominin diets; Hominin teeth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887041707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118332344.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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