TY - JOUR
T1 - Craniometrical variation among South American prehistoric populations
T2 - Climatic, altitudinal, chronological, and geographic contributions
AU - Rothhammer, Francisco
AU - Silva, Claudio
PY - 1990/5
Y1 - 1990/5
N2 - The independent contributions of climate, altitude, chronology, and geographic location of archeological sites to craniometrical variation are analyzed in a sample of 1,119 skulls from South America. Geographic location is responsible for the highest proportion of craniometrical variation, followed by climate and altitude. It is concluded that geographic isolation has partially prevented gene flow from counterbalancing craniometrical microdifferentiation produced by founder effect.
AB - The independent contributions of climate, altitude, chronology, and geographic location of archeological sites to craniometrical variation are analyzed in a sample of 1,119 skulls from South America. Geographic location is responsible for the highest proportion of craniometrical variation, followed by climate and altitude. It is concluded that geographic isolation has partially prevented gene flow from counterbalancing craniometrical microdifferentiation produced by founder effect.
KW - Founder effect
KW - Geographic isolation
KW - Skull analysis
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0025349090
U2 - 10.1002/ajpa.1330820103
DO - 10.1002/ajpa.1330820103
M3 - Article
C2 - 2190475
AN - SCOPUS:0025349090
SN - 0002-9483
VL - 82
SP - 9
EP - 17
JO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
JF - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
IS - 1
ER -