Craniofacial chronological microdifferentiation of human prehistoric populations of the Azapa valley, northern Chile

ROTHHAMMER, F.; Santoro, CM.; Moraga M.Á.

Abstract

Archeological evidence suggest that the cultural developments occurred in the highlands around lake Titicaca in the Central Andes, exerted influence on the cultural elaborations of the human groups that peopled the valley of Azapa, close to the city of Arica, and the Pacific coast of northern Chile. In this communication we show by means of a distance analysis, that a craniofacial differentiation accompanied the process of cultural evolution in the valley. The biological influence of Tiwanaku is partially reflected in craniofacial morphology, providing preliminary evidence that cultural changes were associated to intermittent gene flow from the highlands, specially during the Alto Ram

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Título según WOS: Craniofacial chronological microdifferentiation of human prehistoric populations of the Azapa valley, northern Chile
Título según SCOPUS: Craniofacial chronological microdifferentiation of human prehistoric populations of the Azapa valley, northern Chile
Título según SCIELO: Craniofacial chronological microdifferentiation of human prehistoric populations of the Azapa valley, northern Chile
Título de la Revista: Revista chilena de historia natural
Volumen: 75
Número: 1
Editorial: Sociedad de Biología de Chile
Fecha de publicación: 2002
Página de inicio: 259
Página final: 264
Idioma: English
DOI:

10.4067/S0716-078X2002000100023

Notas: ISI, SCIELO, SCOPUS