Extreme climate, rather than population history, explains mid-facial morphology of Northern Asians

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 449-462

  Evteev, Andrej ^a   Cardini, Andrea L ^b,c,d   Morozova, Irina ^e   O'Higgins, Paul ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

mid facial morphology; Northern Asia; population genetics; respiratory adaptation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; FACIAL BONE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEPHALOMETRY; CLIMATE; FACIAL BONES; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84893939155     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22444     Document Type: Article

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