Exploring Northeast African metric craniofacial variation at the individual level: A comparative study using principal components analysis

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 679-689

  Keita, S O Y ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOMETRY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MAXILLA; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; NOSE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKULL; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA; EUROPE; FACE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; METRIC SYSTEM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL;

CRANIA;

EID: 8744281591     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20076     Document Type: Article

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