Dietary specialization during the evolution of Western Eurasian hominoids and the extinction of European great apes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  DeMiguel, Daniel ^a   Alba, David M ^a,b   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOIAPITHECUS; APE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL MICROWEAR ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY SPECIALIZATION; DRYOPITHECUS; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GRIPHOPITHECUS; HISPANOPITHECUS; NONHUMAN; OREOPITHECUS; OURANOPITHECUS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PIEROLAPITHECUS; SCLEROCARPY; SEASON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TOOTH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; HOMINID; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; EUROPE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOOD HABITS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; PALEODONTOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

EID: 84901323083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097442     Document Type: Article

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