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The influence of cultural factors on the biological state, of prehistorical populations inhabiting Central Europe in the Bronze and Iron Ages have been analyzed. To achieve this goal the author studied changes in mortality structure of human groups said to belong to two various archeological cultures.
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Rewekant, A. Mortality changes in Central European populations from Bronze Age to Iron Age: Comparative analysis. Int. J. Anthropol. 8, 73–81 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02447614
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