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Cranial morphological variation among contemporary Mexicans: Regional trends, ancestral affinities, and genetic comparisons.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Aug 2013
Hughes Cris E, Tise Meredith L, Trammell Lindsay H, Anderson Bruce E
Abstract excerpt
Genetic research has documented geographical variation within Mexico that corresponds to trends in ancestry admixture from postcolonial times on. The purpose of this study is to determine whether craniometric variation among contemporary Mexicans is comparable to that reported in genetic studies. Standard osteometric measurements were taken on 82 male crania derived from forensic cases, with geographic origins of...
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