Body proportions of circumpolar peoples as evidenced from skeletal data: Ipiutak and Tigara (Point Hope) versus Kodiak Island Inuit

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-302

  Holliday, Trenton W ^a   Hilton, Charles E ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allen's rule; Bergmann's rule; Cold adaptation; Ecogeographical patterning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETON;

ALASKA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKELETON;

EID: 77952761411     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21226     Document Type: Article

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