Craniometric variation among modern human populations.

doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330950105

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Craniometric variation among modern human populations.

American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Sept 1994

Relethford J H

Abstract excerpt

Previous studies of genetic markers and mitochondrial DNA have found that the amount of variation among major geographic groupings of Homo sapiens is relatively low, accounting for roughly 10% of total variation. This conclusion has had implications for the study of human variation and considerat...

Topics

Africa
Americas
Asia
Australia
Cephalometry
Craniology
Europe
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Male
Polynesia
Skull

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