Dental characteristics of Tohoku residents in Japan: Implications for biological affinity with ancient Emishi

Anthropological Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-105

  Matsumura, Hirofumi ^a   Dodo, Yukio ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emishi; Metric and nonmetric traits; Teeth; Tohoku

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949301958     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.080325     Document Type: Article

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