牙科微型磨损纹理分析显示,化石原始人类中物种内部的饮食变化
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
概括
牙科微型磨损分析揭示了早期人类的独特饮食. 澳大利亚白动物 (Australopithecus africanus) 吃的是更坚硬的食物,而帕兰特罗普斯 (Paranthropus robustus) 吃的是更坚硬的食物,这两种物种都表现出饮食变化.
科学领域:
- 古人类学古人类学.
- 古生物学的古生物学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 重建已灭绝的原始人饮食对于理解人类进化至关重要.
- 牙科微型磨损分析提供了过去饮食的直接证据.
- 传统的微磨损方法具有低的重复性和高的观察者误差.
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