Fueguian cranial morphology: The adaptation to a cold, harsh environment

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-117

  Hernández, Miquel ^a   Fox, Carles Lalueza ^a   García Moro, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cold stress; Craniometry; Human adaptation; Mongoloids; Nasal form; Tierra del Fuego

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CRANIOMETRY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SKULL DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARGENTINA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 1842365495     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199705)103:1<103::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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