Odontometric microevolution in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-360

  Christensen, Alexander F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental reduction; Mesoamerica; Natural selection; Neolithic; Random genetic drift

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EVOLUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TOOTH CROWN;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOOTH CROWN;

EID: 0032052506     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0194     Document Type: Article

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