歯科用マイクロウェアの質感分析は,化石ホミニンにおける種内の食事の変動性を示しています
Robert S Scott1, Peter S Ungar, Torbjorn S Bergstrom
1[1] Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA [2] *These authors contributed equally to this work.
Nature
|August 5, 2005
まとめ
歯科のマイクロウェア分析は,初期のホミニンの独特の食生活を明らかにしています. アウストラロピテコス・アフリカヌスはより硬い食物を食べ,パラントロプス・ロバストスはより硬い食物を食べ,両種とも食事の多様性を示した.
科学分野:
- 古人類学は,古人類学である.
- パレオバイオロジーの古生物学
- 進化生物学の進化生物学について
背景:
- 絶滅したホミニンの食生活を再構築することは,人間の進化を理解するために極めて重要です.
- 歯科のマイクロウェア分析は,過去の食事の直接的な証拠を提供します.
- 伝統的なマイクロウェア・メソッドは,重複度が低く,観測者の誤差が大きい.
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