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Nonrandom factors in modern human morphological diversification: a study of craniofacial variation in southern South american populations.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Apr 2009
Perez S Ivan, Monteiro Leandro R
Abstract excerpt
The causes of craniofacial variation among human populations have been the subject of controversy. In this work, we studied aboriginal populations from southern South America, the last continental region peopled by humans and with a wide range of ecological conditions. Because of these characteristics, southern South America provides a unique opportunity to study the relative importance of random and nonrandom...
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