A mixed model for the relationship between climate and human cranial form

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 593-603

  Katz, David C ^a   Grote, Mark N ^a   Weaver, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; behavior; ecology; genetics; Human biology; living humans; physiology; primate and human

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE; DRIVER; ECOLOGY; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84978698408     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22896     Document Type: Article

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