Craniofacial variation and population continuity during the South African holocene

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 489-500

  Stynder, Deano D ^a,b   Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers ^a   Sealy, Judith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Craniofacial morphology; Khoesan; Later stone age; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOMETRY; FEMALE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 36348960067     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20696     Document Type: Article

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