TY - JOUR
T1 - Microevolution in prehistoric Andean populations
T2 - Chronologic nonmetrical cranial variation in northern Chile
AU - Rothhammer, Francisco
AU - Quevedo, Silvia
AU - Cocilovo, José A.
AU - Llop, Elena
PY - 1984/10
Y1 - 1984/10
N2 - Multivariate distance statistics were computed from 14 nonmetrical cranial variables among five prehistoric samples representing steps in the microevolutionary history of a coastal population in northern Chile. Roughly 70% of nonmetrical cranial variation was found to be explained by chronologic distance covering a period of 6,500 years. This estimate is similar to a previous one derived from craniometric data. Implications of these findings are briefly discussed.
AB - Multivariate distance statistics were computed from 14 nonmetrical cranial variables among five prehistoric samples representing steps in the microevolutionary history of a coastal population in northern Chile. Roughly 70% of nonmetrical cranial variation was found to be explained by chronologic distance covering a period of 6,500 years. This estimate is similar to a previous one derived from craniometric data. Implications of these findings are briefly discussed.
KW - Gradual microevolutionary change
KW - Nonmetrical cranial distances
KW - Prehistoric populations
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0021682627
U2 - 10.1002/ajpa.1330650207
DO - 10.1002/ajpa.1330650207
M3 - Article
C2 - 6507606
AN - SCOPUS:0021682627
SN - 0002-9483
VL - 65
SP - 157
EP - 162
JO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
JF - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
IS - 2
ER -