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Prehistory in the Pacific Islands
John Terrell
出版Cambridge University Press, 1986
主題History / Australia & New ZealandHistory / Europe / MedievalHistory / OceaniaSocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Archaeology
ISBN05213695689780521369565
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Y4SM5rK0hM4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋How, asks John Terrell in this richly illustrated and original book, can we best account for the remarkable diversity of the Pacific Islanders in biology, language, and custom? Traditionally scholars have recognized a simple racial division between Polynesians, Micronesians, Melanesians, Australians, and South-east Asians: peoples allegedly differing in physical appearance, temperament, achievements, and perhaps even intelligence. Terrell shows that such simple divisions do not fit the known facts and provide little more than a crude, static picture of human diversity.