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Isotopic evidence for the diets of European Neanderthals and early modern humans

Michael P. Richards and Erik Trinkaus
PNAS September 22, 2009 106 (38) 16034-16039; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0903821106
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    Carbon and nitrogen isotope values of bone collagen from Neanderthals and early modern humans from Europe. Errors on the isotope measurements are typically ±0.2‰ for both δ13C and δ15N.

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    Carbon and nitrogen isotope data for the Oase 1 human and associated fauna taken from Trinkaus et al. (4) and the present study. Errors on the isotope measurements are typically ±0.2‰ for both δ13C and δ15N.

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    δ13C bone collagen values of directly radiocarbon-dated Neanderthals and early modern humans compared to the average δ13C values of directly radiocarbon-dated herbivores from Northern Europe (34) over the period 50,000 to 20,000 cal BP.

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    δ15N bone collagen values of directly radiocarbon-dated Neanderthals and early modern humans compared to the average δ15N values of directly radiocarbon dated herbivores from Northern Europe (34) over the period 50,000 to 20,000 cal BP.

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Michael P. Richards, Erik Trinkaus
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Sep 2009, 106 (38) 16034-16039; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903821106

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