Diet in Early Hominin Species: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402096983, 2009, Pages 181-188

  Alemseged, Zeresenay ^a   Bobe, René ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early hominin diet; Pliocene; Shungura omo

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006487166     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9699-0_13     Document Type: Chapter

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