On the misclassification of human crania: Are there any implications for assumptions about human variation?

Current Anthropology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 285-288

  Hubbe, Mark ^a   Neves, Walter A ^b   Williams, Frank L'Engle ^c   Armelagos, George J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

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EID: 34247854793     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512985     Document Type: Note

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