Biohistorical approaches to race in the United States: Biological distances among African Americans, European Americans, and their ancestors

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-67

  Edgar, Heather J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biohistor; Dental morphology

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MATING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RACE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODONTOMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66949123618     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20961     Document Type: Article

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