Flatness of facial skeletons of Ryukyuans

Anthropological Science

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-198

  Dodo, Yukio ^a   Doi, Naomi ^b   Kondo, Osamu ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ainu; Common origin theory; Facial flatness; Ryukyuans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034164117     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.108.183     Document Type: Article

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