Beyond the cephalic index negotiating politics to produce UNESCO's scientific statements on race

Current Anthropology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2012, Pages

  Selcer, Perrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 84859118370     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662290     Document Type: Article

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