Do body proportions among Jomon foragers from Hokkaido conform to ecogeographic expectations? Evolutionary implications of body size and shape among northerly hunter-gatherers

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 268-282

  Temple, Daniel H ^a   Matsumura, Hirofumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Allen's rule; Bergmann's rule; Ecogeography; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956123596     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1129     Document Type: Article

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