Pleistocene migration routes into the Americas: Human biological adaptations and environmental constraints

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 132-144

  Hall, Roberta ^a   Roy, Diana ^b   Boling, David ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon State University ^*

Author keywords

Coastal versus interior model; Nasal variation; Orbital tilt; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544285740     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20013     Document Type: Review

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