Trends in stature in the South Australian Aboriginal Murraylands

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 505-514

  Pretty, G L ^a   Henneberg, M ^a   Lambert, K M ^a   Prokopec, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Females; Height; Humans; Males; Pleistocene; Roonka

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MALE; TIBIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031815459     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199808)106:4<505::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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