On the races of man

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-335

  Whitney, Glayde ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American health; Hottentot; Human evolution; Kalenjin; Pygmy; Race classification; Race differences in health, metabolism, and sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040887596     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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