Aboriginal Man Adapting: The Human Biology of the Australian Aborigines

by Ruth Lynn Kirk

Since their arrival in Australia over 40,000 years ago, the Aborigines have become physically and genetically diversified. This is in response to geographical separation and socially isolating mechanisms such as differences in language. This book presents a broad sweep of the biological relationship between man and nature on the continental scale. It looks at climatic and other ecological factors, the development of hunter-gatherer technology, and changes in health patterns with the arrival of the Europeans.

242 pages, Hardcover

First published June 4, 1981