Forensic misclassification of ancient nubian crania: Implications for assumptions about human variation

Current Anthropology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 340-346

  Williams, Frank L'Engle ^a   Belcher, Robert L ^b   Armelagos, George J ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Atlanta Metropolitan College   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33747801764     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428792     Document Type: Article

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