Article
Ontogeny of limb proportions in late through final Jomon period foragers.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jul 2011
Temple Daniel H, Okazaki Kenji, Cowgill Libby W
Abstract excerpt
This study reports on developmental patterning in the intralimb indices of Late/Final Jomon period (4000-2300 BP) people. Jomon foragers represent the descendants of migrants from Northeast Asia, who arrived in the Japanese Islands around 20,000 BP. Among adults, Jomon brachial indices are elevated and similar to warm adapted, low latitude people, while crural indices are intermediate and similar to people from...
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