The Role of Genetic Drift in Shaping Modern Human Cranial Evolution: A Test Using Microevolutionary Modeling

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Results of Regression Analysis of geographic great circle distances and Mahalanobis D2 distances based on the morphology of each functional and developmental module (FDM). Significant correlations are indicated in bold.

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Table 4: The Role of Genetic Drift in Shaping Modern Human Cranial Evolution: A Test Using Microevolutionary Modeling 