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Comparative isotopic evidence from East Turkana supports a dietary shift within the genus Homo

Patterson, David B.; Braun, David R.; Allen, Kayla; Barr, W. Andrew; Behrensmeyer, Anna K.; Biernat, Maryse; Lehmann, Sophie B.; Maddox, Tom; Manthi, Fredrick K.; Merritt, Stephen R.; Morris, Sarah E.; O’Brien, Kaedan; Reeves, Jonathan S.; Wood, Bernard A.; Bobe, René

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2019-07

10.1038/s41559-019-0916-0

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Number: 7 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group

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Carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of sediments and soils from hominin locales in Kenya coupled with results from hominin taxa suggest that a dietary shift from C3 to C4 resources occurred in the genus Homo circa 1.65 million years ago despite palaeoenvironmental continuity.