Population structure of the Classic period Maya

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-380

  Scherer, Andrew K ^a  

^a WAGNER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological distance; Dental variability; Mesoamerica

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELIZE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GEOGRAPHY; GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; HUMAN; MEXICO; ODONTOMETRY; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SKELETON;

CENTRAL AMERICA; FOSSILS; GENE FLOW; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; ODONTOMETRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOOTH;

EID: 33847032104     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20535     Document Type: Article

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