The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 2. köideAnthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1873 Includes articles on issues of worldwide anthropological interest. |
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... given to it by the new possessor , as when the son of a great painter comes out as a poet , or the son of a distinguished mathematician is eminent as a lawyer . One very remarkable peculiarity about the descent of both endowments and ...
... given to it by the new possessor , as when the son of a great painter comes out as a poet , or the son of a distinguished mathematician is eminent as a lawyer . One very remarkable peculiarity about the descent of both endowments and ...
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... given to it by the new possessor , as when the son of a great painter comes out as a poet , or the son of a distinguished mathematician is eminent as a lawyer . One very remarkable peculiarity about the descent of both endowments and ...
... given to it by the new possessor , as when the son of a great painter comes out as a poet , or the son of a distinguished mathematician is eminent as a lawyer . One very remarkable peculiarity about the descent of both endowments and ...
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... given to it by the new possessor , as when the son of a great painter comes out as a poet , or the son of a distinguished mathematician is eminent as a lawyer . One very remarkable peculiarity about the descent of both endowments and ...
... given to it by the new possessor , as when the son of a great painter comes out as a poet , or the son of a distinguished mathematician is eminent as a lawyer . One very remarkable peculiarity about the descent of both endowments and ...
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... given to the inhabitants of the southern provinces of Belgium who speak the idiom termed Wallon or old French , which some regard as a remnant of the Gaulish . The limit which this lan- guage does not pass is indicated , towards the ...
... given to the inhabitants of the southern provinces of Belgium who speak the idiom termed Wallon or old French , which some regard as a remnant of the Gaulish . The limit which this lan- guage does not pass is indicated , towards the ...
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... given in the paper by Drs . Charnock and Blake ac- cords very well with my own opinion . It differs very markedly from the forms prevalent in Flanders and Brabant , Westphalia and the Lower Rhine ; in fact , few ethnological frontiers ...
... given in the paper by Drs . Charnock and Blake ac- cords very well with my own opinion . It differs very markedly from the forms prevalent in Flanders and Brabant , Westphalia and the Lower Rhine ; in fact , few ethnological frontiers ...
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aborigines according ancient animals Anthropological Institute appear Avares Basques believe bones brachycephalic Burmese called celts centenarians character CHARNOCK Cimbri civilisation colour coronal suture custom Darwin derived descendants dialect dolichocephalic doubt ears Egyptian Esquimaux evidence exhibited existence fact feet Finnic flint frontal frontal bone Geougen German ground hair Hamath head Hebrew hill implements India inhabitants inscriptions Ippai Ippatha Ireland island Kamilaroi Keltic Kubbi Kubbotha Kumbo lambdoid suture land language Lapps latter Liège living longevity marked Murri Museum natives nature observed Ogham origin Ostiaks paper parents parietal peculiar Permia persons Phoenician population portion present probably Professor race regard remarks river sagittal suture Samoyedes says serpent side SIR JOHN LUBBOCK skull Society specimens stone supposed suture Tacitus tattooing teeth tion traces tradition tribes valley village Votiaks Wallon word
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Page 121 - A CATALOGUE OF MAPS OF THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN INDIA. AND OTHER PARTS OF ASIA. Published by Order of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council. Royal 8vo, sewed, is. A continuation of the above, sewed, price 6d., is now ready. ^- Messrs. Henry S. King &
Page 407 - Marett in the Chair. The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed. The...
Page 61 - The more a man follows Nature, and is obedient to her laws, the longer he will live ; the further he deviates from these, the shorter will be his existence.
Page 7 - As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes varying conditions of life, will have a better chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected. From the strong principle of inheritance, any selected variety will tend to propagate its new and modified form.
Page 302 - We have seen that the faculty of articulate speech in itself does not offer any insuperable objection to the belief that man has been developed from some lower animal
Page 429 - The power of communication between the members of the same tribe by means of language has been of paramount importance in the development of man; and the force of language is much aided by the expressive movements of the face and body.
Page 302 - It has, I think, now been shewn that man and the higher animals, especially the Primates, have some few instincts in common. All have the same senses, intuitions, and sensations, — similar passions, affections, and emotions, even the more complex ones, such as jealousy, suspicion, emulation, gratitude, and magnanimity...
Page 310 - The inference I would draw from this class of phenomena is, that a superior intelligence has guided the development of man in a definite direction, and for a special purpose, just as man guides the development of many animal and vegetable forms.
Page 11 - Sufficient evidence has now been advanced to prove that animals when first confined are eminently liable to suffer in their reproductive systems. We feel at first naturally inclined to attribute the result to loss of health, or at least to loss of vigour; but this view can hardly be admitted when we reflect how healthy...