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Baboon Feeding Ecology Informs the Dietary Niche of Paranthropus boisei

Hominins are generally considered eclectic omnivores like baboons, but recent isotope studies call into question the generalist status of some hominins. Paranthropus boisei and Australopithecus bahrelghazali derived 75%–80% of their tissues’ δ(13)C from C(4) sources, i.e. mainly low-quality foods li...

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Autor principal: Macho, Gabriele A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24416315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084942