Dental calculus evidence of Taï Forest Chimpanzee plant consumption and life history transitions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Power, Robert C ^a   Salazar García, Domingo C ^a,b,c   Wittig, Roman M ^a,d   Freiberg, Martin ^e   Henry, Amanda G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOOTH CALCULUS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COTE D'IVOIRE; DENTAL CALCULUS; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84945231997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep15161     Document Type: Article

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