Variation in dental remains from Dmanisi, Georgia

Anthropological Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-40

  James Macaluso Jr, P ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental metrics; Early homo; Intraspecific variation; Randomization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955765205     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.090501     Document Type: Article

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