Metric data of the Ryukyuan crania

Anthropological Science

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-190

  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

Cranial measurements; Facial flatness measurements; Raw data; Ryukyu Islanders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035597471     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.109.183     Document Type: Article

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