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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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High crowned horse teeth - such as the one shown here, recovered from the lower layers of the Bacho Kiro Cave sequence - were analysed for the oxygen isotopic composition of tooth enamel to reconstruct seasonal temperatures during the animal's life.

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MPI-EVA/ Sarah Pederzani

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