Brief communication: Stature estimation in extinct Aonikenk and the myth of Patagonian gigantism

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 545-551

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gigantism; Long bones; Patagonia; Stature estimation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; GIGANTISM; LITERATURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; FOSSILS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MYTHOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2642651898     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199804)105:4<545::AID-AJPA11>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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