Reassessment of Cranial Plasticity in Man: a Modern Critique of Changes in Bodily Form of Descendants of Immigrants
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I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Corey Shepard Sparks entitled “Reassessment of Cranial Plasticity in Man: A Modern Critique of Changes in Bodily Form of Descendants of Immigrants.” I have examined the final copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts, with a major in Anthropology.
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