Boas's changes in bodily form: The immigrant study, cranial plasticity, and Boas's physical anthropology

American Anthropologist

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 326-332

  Gravlee, Clarence C ^a   Russell Bernard, H ^b   Leonard, William R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Franz Boas; Heritability; Immigrant study; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037833407     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2003.105.2.326     Document Type: Article

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