Geometric morphometric study of population variation in indigenous southern African crania

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-33

  Franklin, Daniel ^a   Freedman, L ^a   Milne, N ^a   Oxnard, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; SKULL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CRANIA;

EID: 33846092319     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20569     Document Type: Article

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