The Neanderthal meal: A new perspective using faecal biomarkers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Sistiaga, Ainara ^a,b,c   Mallol, Carolina ^a,c   Galván, Bertila ^a   Summons, Roger Everett ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Instituto Universitario de Bio Organica Antonio Gonzalez   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5BETA STIGMASTANOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHOLESTANOL; SITOSTANOL; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOCENE; SPAIN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FECES; MEAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; FECES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MEALS; NEANDERTHALS; SITOSTEROLS;

EID: 84903541799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101045     Document Type: Article

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