Comparison of craniofacial features of major human groups

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 389-412

  Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomically modern humans; Geographical variation; Multiregional hypothesis; Single origin hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION; FACIAL BONES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SKULL;

EID: 0030033617     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199603)99:3<389::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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