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Hard-Object Feeding in Sooty Mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) and Interpretation of Early Hominin Feeding Ecology

Morphology of the dentofacial complex of early hominins has figured prominently in the inference of their dietary adaptations. Recent theoretical analysis of craniofacial morphology of Australopithecus africanus proposes that skull form in this taxon represents adaptation to feeding on large, hard o...

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Autores principales: Daegling, David J., McGraw, W. Scott, Ungar, Peter S., Pampush, James D., Vick, Anna E., Bitty, E. Anderson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21887229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023095