Who were the ancient Egyptians? Dental affinities among neolithic through postdynastic peoples

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 529-543

  Irish, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANCIENT EGYPTIAN; ARTICLE; BADARIAN POPULATION; BIOLOGICAL UNIFORMITY; BIOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTITION; EGYPT; GENETIC RELATEDNESS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NAQADA POPULATION; NEOLITHIC EGYPTIAN; NEOLITHIC PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PEOPLING; PHENETIC AFFINITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CONTINUITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POSTDYNASTIC EGYPTIAN; POSTDYNASTIC PERIOD; PREDYNASTIC EGYPTIAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH ROOT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTITION; EGYPT; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; TOOTH;

EID: 33645228318     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20261     Document Type: Article

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