Unique biological affinity of the hanging coffin people in ancient China based on craniometry of two skulls from Yunnan province

Anthropological Science

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-271

  Xueping, J I ^a   Nakayama, Mitsuko ^b   Han, Kangxin ^c   Liu, X U ^a   Liu, Hong ^d   Kondo, Osamu ^e  

^a Yunnan Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute   (China)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

East Asia; Modern human diversity; Population history; Tang dynasty

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244476015     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.040805     Document Type: Article

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