Early nile valley farmers from el-badari aboriginals or "European"agro-nostratic immigrants? Craniometric affinities considered with other data

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-208

  Keita, S O Y ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afro Asiatic; Agriculture; Biological distance; Cluster analysis; Phenetic; Predynastic

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644548020     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934704265912     Document Type: Article

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