Femoral neck-shaft angle and climate: Preliminary report on a global study

Trends in Physical Anthropology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 123-152

  Gilligan, Ian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate; Clothing; Femoral neck shaft angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880175075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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