The interaction between nonmetric and metric cranial variation
β Scribed by Robert S. Corruccini
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 715 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
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Nonmetric traits of Hawaiian and Chamorro skulls were examined for evidence bearing on their populational affinities. Distance analyses reveal that the Hawaiian and Chamorro people, although not very near each other, are both closer to the East Asian than to the Jomon-Ainu or to the Arctic peoples.
## Abstract A longβstanding controversy exists about the comparative utility of metric and nonβmetric traits as biological indicators in population studies. We hypothesize that the underlying scale which determines the presence or absence of a cranial nonβmetric trait is an expression of general an