Dorset and thule divergence from east Central Asian roots

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-218

  Shields, Edward D ^a,b   Jones, Gregory ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c C/O Health Center ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Amerind; Dorset; Eskimo; Mongolia; Morphometric; Phylogenetic; Southampton Island; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ENAMEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MONGOLIA; MORPHOMETRICS; ODONTOMETRY; PHYLOGENY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 0031805295     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199806)106:2<207::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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