Comparative analysis of the glabellar region morphology of the late Pleistocene Minatogawa crania: A three-dimensional approach

Anthropological Science

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-121

  Saso, Aiko ^a   Matsukawa, Shinya ^b   Suwa, Gen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Maeda Copo   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glabellar morphology; Jomon; Late Pleistocene; Minatogawa; Three dimensional data

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053511769     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.100726     Document Type: Article

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