Brief communication: "Zuzu" strikes again - Morphological affinities of the early Holocene human skeleton from Toca dos Coqueiros, Piaui, Brazil

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Hubbe, Mark ^a,d   Neves, Walter A ^b   Do Amaral, Heleno Licurgo ^b   Guidon, Niéde ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Fundacao Museu do Homem Americano   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

First Americans; Multivariate analysis; Paleoindians; Sex assignment

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CRANIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKELETON; SKULL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL;

EID: 34548750956     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20668     Document Type: Article

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