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Author Birdsell, J. B. (Joseph Benjamin), 1908-1994.

Title Microevolutionary patterns in Aboriginal Australia : a gradient analysis of clines / Joseph B. Birdsell
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1993

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Description xviii, 469 pages : illustrations (1 color) ; 25 cm
Series Research monographs on human population biology ; 9
Research monographs on human population biology ; no. 9
Contents Machine derived contents note: PART A: Introduction and Methodology -- 1. Population Structure in Aboriginal Australia -- 2. Microevolutionary Forces -- 3. The Australian Environment -- 4. Prehistory in Australia -- 5. Greater Australia and the Routes Approaching It -- 6. Who Were the Migrants to Australia? -- 7. Hypotheses About the Origin of the Australian Aborigines -- 8. The Data Base for this Analysis -- 9. Methodology -- PART B: Serology -- 10. Gradient Analysis of Composite Serological Variants -- PART C: Australian Population Variation in the Dentition -- 11. Analysis of Dental Isophenic Gradients -- 12. Appendices -- PART D: Morphological Variation in Space -- 13. Aspects of Pigmentation -- 14. Variability in Hair Systems -- 15. Some Other Morphological Systems -- 16. Some Morphological Variations in the Ear -- 17. Some Patterns of Spatial Variation in Facial Traits -- 18. Morphological Variation in the Cranium -- 19. The Pattern of Morphological Gradients -- PART E: Metrical and Indical Traits -- 20. Body Metrics -- 21. Head and Face Measurements and Indices -- 22. Composite Metrical Gradients for the Body -- 23. Metrical Gradients for Cranial Variables -- 24. Metrical Gradients for Facial Variables -- 25. Combined Metrical Gradients -- 26. Appendices -- PART F: Analysis Involving Region Trends, Time, Ecology, and Language -- 27. The Final Composite Gradient -- 28. Refuge Areas and Their Biological Differentiation -- 29. In Some Cases Time Factors Can be Added to the Basic Space Calculus -- 30. A Comparison on the Dynamics of Two Living Systems -- 31. Ecology and Social Relationships in the Kimberleys -- 32. Problems of Interpretation -- 33. Gene Flow and Migration Versus Adaptive Changes -- 34. Recent Developments in the Study of Genetics of Populations -- 35. Conclusions -- 36. Appendix
Summary Detailed study of the geographic distribution of genetic traits among Australian Aboriginal populations; theories of racial origin; population structure and movement; population genetics - blood groupings, dentition, morphological, metrical and idicial traits; relation to regional, temporal, environmental and linguistic factors; territorial groupings
Analysis Australian aborigines
Notes (Research monographs on human population biology ; 9)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 456-462) and index
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Anthropometry.
Blood groups -- Australia.
Clines -- Australia.
Human evolution -- Australia.
Human evolution.
Dental anthropology -- Australia.
Human population genetics -- Australia.
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Biological Evolution.
Blood Group Antigens.
Genetics, Population.
Odontometry.
SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315
LC no. 92022173
ISBN 0195063619 (acid-free paper)