Craniofacial morphology in the Argentine Center-West: Consequences of the transition to food production

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-343

  Sardi, Marina L ^a,b   Novellino, Paula S ^b,c   Pucciarelli, Héctor M ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Functional cranial components; Masticatory stress; Subsistence economy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOMETRY; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARGENTINA; CEPHALOMETRY; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; NECK MUSCLES; SEX FACTORS; SKULL;

EID: 33744956545     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20379     Document Type: Article

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