 And assuredly, there is no mark of degradation about any part of its structure. It is, in fact, a fair average human skull, which might have belonged to a philosopher, or might have contained the thoughtless brains of a savage.  Tropical Nature, and Other Essays - Page 286by Alfred Russel Wallace - 1878 - 356 lehteFull view - About this book
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1874 - 726 lehte
...skull, and Prof. Huxley says, " there is no mark of degradation about any part of its structure. It is a fair average human skull which might have belonged to a philosopher." Again the oldest skull found in America, so far as I know, about which there can be no question that... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1874 - 766 lehte
...skull, and Prof. Huxley says, " there is no mark of degradation about any part of its structure. It is a fair average human skull which might have belonged to a philosopher." Again the oldest skull found in America, so far as I know, about which there can be no question that... | |
 | James Cocke Southall - 1875 - 662 lehte
...Huxley observes that " there is no mark of degradation about any part of its structure. It is, in fact, a fair average human skull, which might have belonged...contained the thoughtless brains of a savage." The skulls found at Bruniquel have been examined by Prof. Owen. The skulls from He expresses himself with... | |
 | 1876 - 778 lehte
...Huxley remarks, " There is no mark of degradation about any part of its structure. It is, in fact, a fair average human skull, which might have belonged...contained the thoughtless brains of a savage." The skulls taken out at Bruniquel were well developed, and equal to those of Celtic stock now. Similar... | |
 | Charles Rau - 1876 - 182 lehte
...According to Huxley, " there is no mark of degradation about any part of its structure. It is, in fact, a fair average human skull, which might have belonged...philosopher, or might have contained the thoughtless brain of a savage." In the first chapter we alluded to human bones found by Messrs. Bertrand and Reboux... | |
 | Herbert William Morris - 1876 - 736 lehte
....Man's Place in Nature, p. 181. 20 of degradation about any part of its structure. It is, in fact, a fair average human skull, which might have belonged to a philosopher. In conclusion, I may say, that the fossil remains of Man hitherto discovered do not seem to me to take... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1877 - 826 lehte
...however, peculiar, for many converging lines of evidence show that, on the theory of development by tho same laws which have determined the development of...remarkable, being unusually large and well formed. Dr. Primer- Bey states that they surpass the average of modern European skulls in capacity, while their... | |
 | John Patterson MacLean - 1877 - 176 lehte
...reports him as saying, " There is no mark of degradation about any part of its structure. It is, in fact, a fair average human skull, which might have belonged...have contained the thoughtless brains of a savage."! Mr. Busk agrees and partially disagrees with Professor Huxley, for he remarked to Lyell, " Although... | |
 | Sir Frederick Bateman - 1877 - 262 lehte
...according to Sir Charles Lyell belonged to a contemporary of the Mammoth, says, that " It is a fair average skull, which might have belonged to a philosopher,...have contained the thoughtless brains of a savage." * Man's Place in Nature," P. 156. 62 THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF The embalmed records of three thousand years,... | |
 | James Cocke Southall - 1878 - 68 lehte
...process. This of course is merely an illustration. moth, &c., is, says Prof. Huxley, "a fair average skull, which might have belonged to a philosopher,...contained the thoughtless brains of a savage." The Neanderthal skull, about which so much has been written, has a capacity of 75 cubic inches, greater... | |
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