Article
Polynesian face and dentition: functional perspective.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jul 1990
Kean M R, Houghton P
Abstract excerpt
Widely dispersed throughout the Pacific, Polynesians are a biologically distinctive people in form and size of both body and head. Large-bodied and well-muscled, their body phenotype is suited to life in a thermolabile oceanic environment. Their craniofacial skeleton is large and robust, with man...
Topics
- Anthropometry
- Cephalometry
- Dentition
- Facial Bones
- Humans
- Mandible
- Masticatory Muscles
- Phenotype
- Polynesia
- White People