African Pygmies, What's behind a name?

Human Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Verdu, Paul ^a   Destro Bisol, Giovanni ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Istituto Italiano di Antropologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; African Pygmy; Biological Anthropology; Cultural Anthropology; Evolution; Genetic Diversity; Interdisciplinary Perspectives; Linguistics; Pygmy Stature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84859556776     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2012.0005     Document Type: Editorial

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