Nonrandom factors in modern human morphological diversification: A study of craniofacial variation in southern South American populations

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 978-993

  Perez, S Ivan ^a,c   Monteiro, Leandro R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecological variation; Evolutionary rates; Geometric morphometrics; Patagonian populations

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; POPULATION TYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FOSSIL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 62749188811     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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