J. Aufort, L. Ségalen, C. Gervais, C. Brouder, and E. Balan, Modeling the attenuated total reflectance infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectrum of apatite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, vol.43, pp.615-626, 2016.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01331139

J. Aufort, M. Lebon, X. Gallet, L. Ségalen, C. Gervais et al., Macroscopic electrostatic effects in ATR-FTIR spectra of modern and archaeological bones, American Mineralogist, vol.103, pp.326-329, 2018.

J. Aufort, C. Gervais, L. Ségalen, N. Labourdette, C. Coelho-diogo et al., Atomic scale transformation of bone in controlled aqueous alteration experiments, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2019.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02096955

E. Balan, S. Delattre, D. Roche, L. Segalen, G. Morin et al.,

M. Lazzeri, C. Brouder, and E. K. Salje, Line-broadening effects in the powder infrared spectrum of apatite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, vol.38, pp.111-122, 2011.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00643649

H. Bocherens, D. Billiou, M. Patou-mathis, D. Bonjean, M. Otte et al., Paleobiological implications of the isotopic signatures, 13 C, 15 N, of fossil mammal collagen in Scladina Cave, Quaternary Research, vol.48, pp.370-380, 1997.

H. Bocherens, D. G. Drucker, D. Biliou, J. Geneste, and B. Kezavo, A natural experiment for bone diagenesis in karstic context, Grotte Chauvet, vol.266, pp.220-226, 2008.

J. C. Elliott, Calcium phosphate biominerals, Phosphates-Geochemical, geobiological and materials importance, vol.48, pp.427-453, 2002.

, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

S. J. Garvie-lok, T. L. Varney, and M. A. Katzenberg, Preparation of bone carbonate for stable isotope analysis: the effects of treatment time and acid concentration, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol.31, pp.763-776, 2004.

D. Gommery, S. Badenhorst, S. Potze, F. Sénégas, L. Kgasi et al., Preliminary results concerning the discovery of new fossiliferous sites at Bolt's farm (Cradle of Humankind, Annals of the Distong National Museum of Natural History, vol.2, pp.33-45, 2012.

D. Gommery, F. Sénégas, L. Kgasi, N. Vilakazi, B. Kuhn et al., Bolt's Farm Cave System dans le Cradle of Humankind (Afrique du Sud) : un exemple d'approche multidisciplinaire dans l'e?tude des sites à primates fossils, vol.7, p.2725, 2016.

R. E. Hedges, Bone diagenesis: an overview of processes, Archaeometry, vol.44, pp.319-328, 2002.

S. X. Keenan, From bone to fossil: A review of the diagenesis of bioapatite, American Mineralogist, vol.101, pp.1943-1951, 2016.

M. J. Kohn and T. E. Cerling, Stable isotope compositions of biological apatite, Phosphates -Geochemical, geobiological and materials importance, vol.48, pp.455-488, 2002.

M. J. Kohn and J. M. Law, Stable isotope chemistry of fossil bone as a new paleoclimate indicator, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol.70, pp.931-946, 2006.

Y. Kolodny, B. Luz, M. Sander, and W. A. Clemens, Dinosaur bones: fossils or pseudomorphs? The pitfalls of physiology reconstruction from apatitic fossils, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol.126, pp.161-171, 1996.

M. Lebon, A. Zazzo, and I. Reiche, Screening in situ bone and teeth preservation by ATR-FTIR mapping, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol.416, pp.110-119, 2014.

M. Lebon, I. Reiche, X. Gallet, L. Bellot-gurlet, and A. Zazzo, Rapid quantification of bone collagen content by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, Radiocarbon, vol.58, pp.131-145, 2016.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01546565

J. A. Lee-thorp and N. J. Van-der-merwe, Aspects of the chemistry of modern and fossil biological apatites, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol.18, pp.343-354, 1991.

R. Z. Legeros, O. R. Trautz, E. Klein, and J. P. Legeros, Two types of carbonate substitution in the apatite structure, Experimentia, vol.25, pp.5-7, 1969.

A. F. Maurer, M. Gerard, A. Person, I. Barrientos, P. Del-carmen-ruiz et al., Intra-skeletal variability in trace elemental content of Precolumbian Chupicuaro human bones: the record of post-mortem alteration and a tool for palaeodietary reconstruction, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol.38, pp.1784-1797, 2011.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00601471

V. Michel, P. Ildefonse, and G. Morin, Chemical and structural changes in Cervus Elaphus tooth enamels during fossilisation (Lazaret Cave): a combined IR and XRD Rietveld analysis, Applied Geochemistry, vol.10, pp.145-159, 1995.

V. Michel, P. Ildefonse, and G. Morin, Assessment of archaeological bone and dentine preservation from Lazaret Cave (Middle Pleistocene) in France, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol.126, pp.109-119, 1996.

C. M. Nielsen-marsh and R. E. Hedges, Patterns of diagenesis in bone I: The effect of site environments, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol.27, pp.1139-1150, 2000.

R. B. Parker, J. W. Murphy, and H. Toots, Fluorine in fossilized bone and tooth: distribution among skeletal tissues, Archaeometry, vol.16, pp.98-102, 1974.

J. D. Pasteris, B. Wopenka, and E. Valsami-jones, Bone and tooth mineralization: why apatite?, Elements, vol.4, pp.97-104, 2008.

J. D. Pasteris and D. Y. Ding, Experimental fluoridation of nanocrystalline apatite, 2009.

, American Mineralogist, vol.94, pp.53-63

H. Pfretzschner, Fossilization of Haversian bone in aquatic environments, Comptes Rendus Palevol, vol.3, pp.605-616, 2004.

M. Pickford, Stratigraphy and paleoecology of five late Cenozoic formations in the Kenya Rift Valley, vol1 PhD Dissertation, p.219, 1974.

M. Pickford and D. Gommery, Fossil Suidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from Aves Cave I and nearby sites in Bolt's Farm Palaeokarst System, Estudios Geológicos, vol.72, pp.1-24, 2016.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01478782

J. Rakovan, Growth and surface properties of apatite, Phosphates-Geochemical, geobiological and materials importance, vol.48, pp.51-86, 2002.

I. Reiche, L. Favre-quattropani, C. Vignaud, H. Bocherens, L. Charlet et al., A multi-analytical study of bone diagenesis: the Neolithic site of Bercy, Measurement Science and Technology, vol.14, pp.1608-1619, 2003.

C. Rey, J. Lian, M. Grynpas, F. Shapiro, L. Zylberberg et al., Non-apatitic environments in bone mineral: FT-IR detection, biological properties and changes in several disease states, Connective Tissue Research, vol.21, pp.267-273, 1989.

D. Roche, L. Ségalen, E. Balan, and S. Delattre, Preservation assessment of MiocenePliocene tooth enamel from Tugen Hills (Kenyan Rift Valley) through FTIR, chemical and stable isotope analyses, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol.37, pp.1690-1699, 2010.

D. Roche, L. Ségalen, B. Senut, and M. Pickford, Stable isotope analyses of tooth enamel carbonate of large herbivores from the Tugen Hills deposits: environmental context of the earliest Kenyan hominids, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol.381, pp.39-51, 2013.

L. M. Rodriguez-lorenzo, J. N. Hart, and K. A. Gross, Influence of fluorine in the synthesis of apatites. Synthesis of solid solutions of hydroxy-fluorapatite, Biomaterials, vol.24, pp.3777-3785, 2003.

Y. Sawada, M. Pickford, B. Senut, T. Itaya, M. Hyodo et al.,

H. Fujii, The age of Orrorin tugenensis, an early hominid from the Tugen Hills, Kenya. Comptes Rendus Palevol, vol.1, pp.293-303, 2002.

F. Sénégas and M. Avery, New evidence for the murine origins of the Otomyinae (Mammalia, Rodentia) and the age of Bolt's Farm (South Africa), South African Journal of Science, vol.94, pp.503-507, 1998.

C. Snoeck and M. Pellegrini, Comparing bioapatite carbonate pre-treatments for isotopic measurements: Part 1 -Impact on structure and chemical composition, Chemical Geology, vol.417, pp.394-403, 2015.

M. C. Stiner, S. L. Kuhn, T. A. Surovell, P. Goldberg, L. Meignen et al., Bone preservation in Hayonim Cave (Israel): a macroscopic and mineralogical study, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol.28, pp.643-659, 2001.

C. N. Trueman and D. M. Martill, The long-term survival of bone: the role of bioerosion, Archaeometry, vol.44, pp.371-382, 2002.

C. N. Trueman, A. K. Behrensmeyer, N. Tuross, and S. Weiner, Mineralogical and compositional changes in bones exposed on soil surfaces in Amboseli National Park, Kenya: diagenetic mechanisms and the role of sediment pore fluids, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol.31, pp.721-760, 2004.

C. N. Trueman, A. K. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, and N. Tuross, High-resolution records of location and stratigraphic provenance from the rare earth element composition of fossil bones, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol.70, pp.4343-4355, 2006.

N. Tuross, A. K. Behrensmeyer, E. D. Eanes, L. W. Fisher, and P. E. Are, Molecular preservation and crystallographic alterations in a weathering sequence of wildebeest bones, Applied Geochemistry, vol.4, pp.261-270, 1989.

T. Tütken, T. W. Vennemann, and H. Pfretzschner, Early diagenesis of bone and tooth apatite in fluvial and marine settings: Constraints from combined oxygen isotope, nitrogen and REE analysis, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol.266, pp.254-268, 2008.

S. Weiner and O. Bar-yosef, States of preservation of bones from prehistoric sites in the Near East: A survey, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol.17, pp.187-196, 1990.

S. Weiner, P. Goldberg, and O. Bar-yosef, Three dimensional distribution of minerals in the sediments of Hayonim Cave, Israel: diagenetic processes and archaeological implications, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol.29, pp.1289-1308, 2002.

H. Yi, E. Balan, C. Gervais, L. Segalen, F. Fayon et al., A carbonate-fluoride defect model for carbonate-rich fluorapatite, American Mineralogist, vol.98, pp.1066-1069, 2013.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00823261

H. Yi, E. Balan, C. Gervais, L. Ségalen, D. Roche et al., Probing atomic scale transformation of fossil dental enamel using Fourier transform infrared and nuclear resonance magnetic spectroscopy: A case study from the Tugen Hills (Rift Gregory, Kenya), Acta Biomaterialia, vol.10, pp.3952-3958, 2014.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01093321

C. J. Yoder and E. J. Bartelink, Effects of different sample preparation methods on stable carbon and oxygen isotope values of bone apatite: a comparison of two treatment protocols, Archaeometry, vol.52, pp.115-130, 2010.