Article
Anthropometric variation among Bering Sea natives.
Human biology - 1 Dec 2010
Justice Anne, Rubicz Rohina, Chittoor Geetha, Jantz Richard L, Crawford M H
Abstract excerpt
Recent research indicates that anthropometrics can be used to study microevolutionary forces acting on humans. We examine the use of morphological traits in reconstructing the population history of Aleuts and Eskimos of the Bering Sea. From 1979 to 1981, W. S. Laughlin measured a sample of St. Lawrence Island Eskimos and Pribilof Island Aleuts. These samples included adult participants from St. George and St....
Topics
- Alaska
- Anthropometry
- Female
- Humans
- Inuit
- Male
- Phenotype
- Principal Component Analysis
