Early hominin diets: Overview and hostorical perspectives

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

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 3-10

  Walker, Alan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical; Evolution; Hominins; Opportunity; Techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 85201622637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195183474.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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