The evolution of Australoid and Amerindian intelligence

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-186

  Miller, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Australoids; Human evolution; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010216082     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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