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SUBMITTER: Martin JE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7367883 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martin Jeremy E JE Tacail Théo T Braga José J Cerling Thure E TE Balter Vincent V
Nature communications 20200717 1
Diet is a major driver of hominin evolution, but most of the geochemical evidence relies on carbon isotopes (δ<sup>13</sup>C). Here, we report enamel stable calcium isotope (δ<sup>44/42</sup>Ca) values against δ<sup>13</sup>C values for several hominins and co-existing primates in the Turkana Basin area, circa 4 to 2 Ma. Australopithecus anamensis clusters with mammal browsers, Kenyanthropus platyops is distinct from A. anamensis in foraging into more open environments and the coexisting Theropi ...[more]