Microevolution in prehistoric Andean populations: Chronologic nonmetrical cranial variation in northern Chile

✍ Scribed by Francisco Rothhammer; Silvia Quevedo; José A. Cocilovo; Elena Llop

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 400 KB
• Volume: 65
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0002-9483
• DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330650207

✦ Synopsis

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.