Andaman Islanders
razib | October 11, 2009Stature, Mortality, and Life History among Indigenous Populations of the Andaman Islands, 1871-1986:
Despite considerable interest in the evolution of small body size, there is little evidence for changes in body size within smallâbodied human populations. This study combines anthropometric data from a number of studies of the body size of Andaman Islanders from 1871 to 1986. The colonial history of the Andaman Islands is characterized by high rates of mortality among the indigenous populations. However, longâterm conflicts between tribal groups of the Andaman Islands and British and Indian…