Hominin Dietary Niche Breadth Expansion During Pliocene Environmental Change in Eastern Africa
abstract: Stable carbon isotope data for early Pliocene hominins Ardipithecus ramidus and Australopithecus anamensis show narrow, C3-dominated isotopic signatures. Conversely, mid-Pliocene Au. afarensis has a wider isotopic distribution and consumed both C3 and C4 plants, indicating a transition to...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.57214 |