Extended Data Fig. 9: A selection of strontium and barium elemental maps. | Nature

Extended Data Fig. 9: A selection of strontium and barium elemental maps.

From: The demise of the giant ape Gigantopithecus blacki

Extended Data Fig. 9

Produced from Gigantopithecus blacki. Fossil teeth from various cave sites. a, i-ii: Chuifeng 1; iii-iv Chuifeng 2; v-vi Queque 44; vii-viii: Queque 5; xi-xii: Shuangtan 50; xiii-xiv: Shuangtan 109; xiv-xvi: Hejiang 1573.8. b, Uranium as a marker of diagenesis. Queque 44 shows the expected distribution of uranium, mirroring the barium and strontium. c, Data extraction ___location of each sample, taken along the enamel, parallel to the enamel-dentine junction.

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