Historians have a real problem interpreting the evidence about prehistoric medicine. To help provide explanations, historians have looked at the medical beliefs of various groups around the world whose technology and lifestyle are similar to prehistoric people.
The Aborigines of central and southern Australia were visited by anthropologists during the last 19th and early 20th centuries. Before these visits, the Aborigines had little or no contact with the European settlers in Australia.
- The Aborigines lived in the harsh conditions of the Australian desert.
- They obtained their food by hunting and by gathering wild plants.
- They were nomads moving from water hol to water hole.
- They had many spoken languages but no written one.
- In all these ways they were very similar to prehistoric people.
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