Geographic variation in body form of prehistoric Jomon males in the Japanese archipelago: Its ecogeographic implications

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-135

  Fukase, Hitoshi ^a   Wakebe, Tetsuaki ^b   Tsurumoto, Toshiyuki ^b   Saiki, Kazunobu ^b   Fujita, Masaki ^c   Ishida, Hajime ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

biogeography; body size and proportions; climate

Indexed keywords

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LIMB; NUTRITION; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; SKELETON; TROPICS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; CLIMATE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865255446     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22112     Document Type: Article

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