Variation and causal factors of craniofacial robusticity in Patagonian hunter-gatherers from the late Holocene

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 748-765

  Bernal, Valeria ^a   Perez, S Ivan ^a   Gonzalez, Paula N ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COLD CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATE HOLOCENE; MASTICATION; MORPHOMETRICS; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARGENTINA; BIOMECHANICS; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILE; COLD; DIET; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL;

CRANIA;

EID: 33750855288     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20546     Document Type: Article

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