Genomic anthropology: Coming in from the cold?

Current Anthropology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 545-568

  Pálsson, Gísli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ESKIMO; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CANADA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INUITS;

EID: 53549117109     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/529545     Document Type: Article

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