Cranial nonmetric variation and estimating ancestry

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 985-995

  Hefner, Joseph T ^a  

^a Statistical Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestry prediction; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Morphoscopic traits; Nonmetric traits

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLESIOMORPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKULL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKULL;

EID: 69649106424     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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