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Dental Microwear and Diet of the Plio-Pleistocene Hominin Paranthropus boisei

The Plio-Pleistocene hominin Paranthropus boisei had enormous, flat, thickly enameled cheek teeth, a robust cranium and mandible, and inferred massive, powerful chewing muscles. This specialized morphology, which earned P. boisei the nickname “Nutcracker Man”, suggests that this hominin could have c...

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Autores principales: Ungar, Peter S., Grine, Frederick E., Teaford, Mark F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2315797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18446200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002044