Category Archives: Australian Aboriginals

Let George Do It

Posted on April 16, 2014 by gcochran9

I was thinking about how people would have adapted to local differences in essential micronutrients, stuff like iodine, selenium, manganese, molybdenum, zinc, etc. Australia, for example,  hasn’t had much geological activity in ages and generally has mineral-poor soils. At first … Continue reading →

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Stolen generations

Posted on March 15, 2014 by gcochran9

Someone was quoted as saying that if you adopted an Australian Aborigine kid and raised him in England, he’d do just fine.  This is a standard prediction, or maybe really an assumption, of most social scientists: people are the same … Continue reading →

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A Three-Hour Tour

Posted on January 15, 2013 by gcochran9

New genetic analysis indicates that Australian Aboriginals, at least those in the northern part of Australia, picked up about 11% of their ancestry from India, relatively recently – about 140 generations ago. 4000-5000 years, depending on generation length. Lots of … Continue reading →

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