Biological affinities of Okhotsk-culture people with East Siberians and Arctic people based on dental characteristics

Anthropological Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-132

  Matsumura, Hirofumi ^a   Ishida, Hajime ^b   Amano, Tetsuya ^c   Ono, Hiroko ^c   Yoneda, Minoru ^d  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amur; Dental morphology; Jomon; Okhotsk; Siberia; Subarctic Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249154923     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.080513     Document Type: Article

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