Craniometric evidence for South African Later Stone Age herders and hunter-gatherers being a single biological population

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 798-806

  Stynder, Deano D ^a  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cranial morphology; Herders; Hunter gatherers; Mahalanobis distances; Population continuity; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; GENE FLOW; HUNTER-GATHERER; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; STONE AGE;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CRANIA;

EID: 58149469530     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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