Human skeletal remains from Cossack,Western Australia |
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Authors: | L Freedman M Lofgren |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Anatomy and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009 Australia;2. Department of Anthropology, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000 Australia |
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Abstract: | Human remains of a male individual from Cossack, northwestern Australia are described. Absolute dating is not possible but site geomorphology restricts the upper limit to 6500 B.P. Morphologically and metrically the skull differs from those of recent Western Australian male Aborigines, but it is very similar to that of Kow Swamp I and others included in the “robust” prehistoric Australian Aboriginal group (Thorne, 1977). The specimen is important as indicating the widespread nature and probable recency of a large, robust Australian Aboriginal population demonstrably different to recent populations. |
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Keywords: | prehistoric hominids craniometry human evolution Australian Aborigines |
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