Three-dimensional cranial shape analyses and gene flow in North Africa during the Middle to Late Holocene

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 564-572

  Nikita, Efthymia ^a   Mattingly, David ^b   Lahr, Marta Mirazón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cranial morphology; Garamantes; Geometric morphometrics; Mahalanobis distance; Sahara

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867399634     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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