Mandibular biomechanics and the paleontological evidence for the evolution of human diet

Evolution Of The Human Diet: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 77-105

  Daegling, David J ^a   Grine, Frederick E ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptationist; Approaches; Explaining; Panglossian; Reproductive

Indexed keywords

EID: 85201597994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195183474.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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