Dental calculus reveals potential respiratory irritants and ingestion of essential plant-based nutrients at Lower Palaeolithic Qesem Cave Israel

Quaternary International

Volumn 398, Issue , 2016, Pages 129-135

  Hardy, Karen ^a   Radini, Anita ^b,c   Buckley, Stephen ^b   Sarig, Rachel ^d   Copeland, Les ^e   Gopher, Avi ^d   Barkai, Ran ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dental calculus; Diet; Lower Palaeolithic; Plants; Respiratory irritants

Indexed keywords

DIET; HOMINID; INGESTION RATE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; TOOTH;

CENTRAL DISTRICT; ISRAEL; QESEM CAVE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84931073691     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.04.033     Document Type: Article

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