People of the Great Ocean Aspects of Human Biology of the Early Pacific

Name: People of the Great Ocean Aspects of Human Biology of the Early Pacific
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ISBN: 9780521471664

ISBN-10: 0521471664

ISBN-13: 9780521471664

Edition: 1996

Authors: Philip Houghton

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Human settlement of the western fringes of the Pacific began at least 40,000 years ago. Long, hazardous sea voyages were the only way of reaching the tiny islands scattered through this vast expanse of ocean. Food and shelter were hard to come by, even on land. This book documents how these settlers adapted culturally and biologically to the distinctive Pacific environment, and how they evolved into the large-bodied, muscular people seen today in New Zealand, Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia. Philip Houghton considers recent studies of DNA, patterns of health and disease, and computer simulations of human survival at sea based on the likely routes through the Pacific. People of the Great…

Book details

List price: $133.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/18/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English




The Pacific world



Physique



People and environment



Skeletal morphology



Models and methodology



Health



Legacy


Index