Robustness of the whole Jomon femur shaft assessed by cross-sectional geometry

Anthropological Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-22

  Kimura, Tasuku ^a  

^a ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL NURSING UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bending; Jomon gatherer hunters; Long bone; Modern Japanese; Recent Germans

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645851032     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.040916     Document Type: Article

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