Enamel amino acid racemisation dating and its application to building Proboscidean geochronologies

Analysis of the predictable breakdown of proteins and amino acids in ancient biominerals enables age estimation over the Quaternary, but to date, its application to mammalian remains has been challenging. It has been postulated that enamel is a suitable biomineral for the long-term survival of endog...

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Main Author: Dickinson, Marc R.
Other Authors: Penkman, Kirsty ; Lister, Adrian
Published: University of York 2018
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.759956