Terrestrial Teeth and Bones

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 304-314

  Bocherens, H ^a   Drucker, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apatite; Bone; Carbon 13; Collagen; Hominid; Nitrogen 15; Oxygen 18; Paleodiet; Paleoenvironment; Phosphate; Tooth; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903614099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00341-1     Document Type: Chapter

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