Skeletal variation among early Holocene North American humans: Implications for origins and diversity in the Americas

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 525-536

  Auerbach, Benjamin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beringian Standstill Hypothesis; bi iliac breadth; limb proportions; Paleoindian; stature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COLD CLIMATE; ETHNIC GROUP; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PLESIOMORPHY; SKELETON;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXTREMITIES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84869506961     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22154     Document Type: Article

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