Sex differences in humeral bilateral asymmetry in two hunter-gatherer populations: California Amerinds and British Columbian Amerinds

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-24

  Weiss, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sections; Humeral asymmetry; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GRINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MALE; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BODY SIZE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 68949092103     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21025     Document Type: Article

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