Metric analyses of an early holocene human skeleton from Gua Gunung Runtuh, Malaysia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-340

  Matsumura, Hirofumi ^a   Zuraina, Majid ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Gua Gunung skeleton; Malaysia; Metric features

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; FOSSIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKELETON; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TOOTH;

BONE AND BONES; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SKELETON;

EID: 0033033888     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199907)109:3<327::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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