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A comparative osteological study of the Ainu and the Australian Aborigines

Report to A.I.A.S.; grant given 1964; 457 skulls & 115 post cranial skeletons examined (material from all States except Queensland); discusses techniques of sexing, measurement; examines geographical variation (North, Central, South Australia & Murray River area) of 2 types of crania (Australoid & non Australoid); comparison of Aborigine & Ainu - post cranial, cranial & non metric cranial characteristics; analysis of distance - Ainu, Aborigines, Tasmanians, Maoris, New Caledonians, New Britains, Japanese, Dyaks, Veddahs, Dravidians, Hindus, Jomon (prehistoric); concludes no definite relationship between Ainu & Aborigines, though some resemblance between less Australoid & older type of Ainu crania; Aborigines closer to Melanesians than to Ainu; latter resemble Polynesians.

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