Myrmecophagous microwear: Implications for diet in the hominin fossil record

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-93

  Strait, Suzanne G ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonial insects; Faunivory; Invertebrates; Nutrition; Scanning electron microscope (SEM); Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COLONIAL ORGANISM; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; INSECT; NUTRITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOOTH;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANT; DIET; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MAMMAL; MOLAR TOOTH; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY;

EID: 84902243270     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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