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Size Variation in Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia

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Background: Recent discoveries on Palau are claimed to represent the remains of small-bodied humans that may display evidence insular size reduction. This claim has yet to be statistically validated Methodology/Principal Findings: Published postcranial specimens (n = 16) from Palau were assessed relative to recent small-bodied comparative samples. Resampling statistical approaches were employed to test specific hypotheses relating to body size in the Palau sample. Results confirm that the Palau postcranial sample is indisputably small-bodied. Conclusions/Significance: A single, homogenous body size morph is represented in early prehistoric postcrania from Palau. Small body size in early Palauans is an ancestral characteristic and was likely not a consequence of in-situ size reduction. Specimens from Palau have little bearing upon hypothesised insular size reduction in the ancestral lineage of Homo floresiensis.

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  • Andrew Gallagher, 2008. "Size Variation in Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 3(12), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0003939
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003939
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