Morphological differentiation of aboriginal human populations from Tierra del Fuego (Patagonia): Implications for South American peopling

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1067-1079

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Evolutionary relationships; Geometric morphometrics; mtDNA; South American aborigines

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ABORIGINE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRICS; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SKULL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547424481     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20633     Document Type: Article

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