Re: Apith diet cf.Afr.apes, sedges...



Marc Verhaegen <m_verhaegen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Contributions of Biogeochemistry to Understanding Hominin Dietary Ecology
Julia Lee-Thorp & Matt Sponheimer 2006 Yb.phys.Anthrop.49:131­148

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In a correspondence with Matt Sponheimer about the use of oxygen
isotopes in early hominid paleoecology, in particular with regard to a
possible wetland ecology and their water dependence relative to other
mammalian taxa, Matt told me that "From an oxygen standpoint, they
look like terrestrial grazers and carnivores, and a bit lower than
browsers. Thus, very typical terrestrial signal."

Gerrit
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