Indigenous peoples, postcolonial contexts and genomic research in the late 20th century: A view from Amazonia (1960-2000)

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-104

  Santos, Ricardo Ventura ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; HGDP; History of science; Human biology; Human genetics; IBP; Indigenous peoples

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036109956     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275x020220010501     Document Type: Review

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