Cranial growth in the prehistoric sample from K2 at Mapungubwe (South Africa) is population specific

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-71

  Steyn, M ^a   Henneberg, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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