Auditory Exostoses among Ancient Human Populations in the Circum-Pacific Area: Regional Variations in the Occurrence and Its Implications

Anthropological Science

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-296

  Katayama, Kazumichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ancient human skulls; Auditory exostoses; Oceania; Southeast East Asia; Thermal aquatic hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032236115     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.106.285     Document Type: Article

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