Population continuity vs. discontinuity revisited: Dental affinities among late paleolithic through Christian-Era Nubians

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 520-535

  Irish, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Crown and root morphology; Dental anthropology; Nubia; Phenetic affinity

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH ROOT;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PALEODONTOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOOTH;

EID: 27744448623     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20109     Document Type: Article

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