Limits to knowledge on the evolution of hominin diet

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

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 395-407

  Ungar, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hominins; Knowledge; Philosophers; Reconstructing; Synthesize

Indexed keywords

EID: 85201625055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195183474.003.0021     Document Type: Chapter

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