Cranial variation in prehistoric human skeletal remains from the Marianas

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 399-410

  Ishida, Hajime ^a   Dodo, Yukio ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asians; Facial flatness; Micronesians; Nonmetric cranial variation

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POLYNESIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; SKULL;

EID: 0030725350     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199711)104:3<399::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Conference Paper

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