Researchers study chimpanzee community isotopes to learn about ancient food sources (w/ Video)
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 10:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
UNM Assistant Professor of Anthropology Sherry V. Nelson has a new research paper that examines carbon and oxygen stable isotopes in the tooth enamel of animals from a chimpanzee community to understand the environment of fossil apes and early humans. The paper, "Chimpanzee fauna isotopes provide new interpretations of fossil ape and hominin ecologies," is available here.