Question

Your professor is conducting a chemical isotope analysis of diet for her latest paleoanthropology project. Which of the following is true regarding isotopic analysis of diet?

a. Carbon analysis of bones and teeth will give insight to the types of plant material the hominin consumed.
b. Strontium analysis of bones and teeth will provide information regarding whether the hominin was a meat-eater.
c. Carbon analysis of bones and teeth will enable your professor to determine whether the meat consumed was from land or water sources.
d. Nitrogen analysis of bones and teeth will allow your professor to determine whether the hominin relied on C3 or C4 plants.

Answer 1

Carbon analysis of bones and teeth will give insight to the types of plant material the hominin consumed.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because carbon being the principal composition of plants, analysis of the teeth's and bones for carbon will give an insight of what the homini n consumed