Comparative studies of the Ainu, their ancestors, and neighbors: Assessment based on metric and nonmetric dental data

Anthropological Science

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-106

  Kaburagi, Masanori ^a   Ishida, Hajime ^b   Goto, Masaaki ^a   Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^c  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Admixture; Jomon; Northeast Asia; Okhotsk culture people; Population history

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955799456     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.090603     Document Type: Article

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