Questions of Khoesan continuity: Dental affinities among the indigenous holocene peoples of South Africa

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-44

  Irish, Joel D ^a   Black, Wendy ^b,c   Sealy, Judith ^b   Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Iziko Museums of South Africa Social History Collections ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

dental anthropology; Khoesan; phenetic affinity; population history; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTITION; GENE FLOW; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KHOIKHOI; KHOISAN; LATE HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SKELETON; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH;

EID: 84905717477     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22526     Document Type: Article

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