Craniometric divergence history of the Japanese populations

Anthropological Science

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-156

  Ishida, Hajime ^a   Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^b   Kondo, Osamu ^c   Fukumine, Tadahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ainu; Jomon; Okhotsk culture people; Population history

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949279705     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.081219     Document Type: Article

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