Changing times, changing faces: Franz Boas's immigrant study in modern perspective

American Anthropologist

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 333-337

  Sparks, Corey S ^a   Jantz, Richard L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial index; Craniometrics; Human variation; Immigration; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038171172     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2003.105.2.333     Document Type: Article

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