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Isotopic evidence for contrasting diets of early hominins Homo habilis and Australopithecus boisei of Tanzania

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Isotopic dietary studies of early hominins have hitherto been confined to specimens from South Africa. We are now able to report isotopic analyses of two species of early hominins from Tanzania : Homo habilis and Australopithecus boisei. The results show that these two species had very different diets. The isotopic analyses of three South African species of early hominins, in contrast, show considerable variation in individual diets, but no marked differences between species.

Source: South African Journal of Science

Authors: Nikolaas J. van der Merwe, Fidelis T. Masao, Marion K. Bamford

Institutions: University of Cape Town, University of Dar es Salaam, University of the Witwatersrand

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2124045909

FWCI: 71.58

Cites: 20

Cited by: 189

Related to: 10