Early holocene human remains from the Argentinean Pampas: Additional evidence for distinctive cranial morphology of early South Americans

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 298-305

  Pucciarelli, Héctor M ^a,b   Perez, S Ivan ^a,b   Politis, Gustavo G ^a,b,c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Early american skulls; Human crania; Southern Americas peopling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETON; SKULL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL;

EID: 77956624745     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21347     Document Type: Article

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