Article
The adaptive significance of Polynesian body form.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Houghton P
Abstract excerpt
The Polynesian people who settled a wide area of the tropical Pacific have a large and muscular body phenotype that appears to contradict the classical biological rules of Bergmann and Allen. However, a scrutiny of the conditions actually experienced by these canoe voyagers and small-island dwellers suggests that in reality the oceanic environment is labile and frequently very cold, and from it tribal technology...
Topics
- Acclimatization
- Anthropometry
- Body Constitution
- Body Height
- Body Weight
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Polynesia
- Skinfold Thickness
- Tropical Climate
- White People