Geographic variation in human tooth enamel thickness does not support Neandertal involvement in the ancestry of modern Europeans

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 100, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 389-394

  Grine, F E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ANCESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; NEANDERTHAL; TOOTH;

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