 | James Cowles Prichard - 1836 - 444 pages
...owing to artificial pressure. The great elongation of the face and the direction of the plane of the occipital bone are not to be reconciled with this...extinct, and which differed from any now existing. An excellent commentary on these observations is contained in the following remarks of Professor Scouler,... | |
 | William Charles Linnaeus Martin - 1840 - 438 pages
...owing to artificial pressure. The great elongation of the face, and the direction of the plane of the occipital bone, are not to be reconciled with this...extinct, and which differed from any now existing." That pressure was used, however, there is every reason to believe ;* nor was the practice confined... | |
 | Alexander Warfield Bradford - 1841 - 446 pages
...artificial pressure. The great elongation of the face, and the directionof the plane of the occipital hone are not to be reconciled with this opinion, and therefore...it follows that these skulls belonged to a race of men now extinct, and which differed from any now existing." But it is clear that the habit of mechanical... | |
 | 1842 - 426 pages
...owing to artificial pressure. The great elongation of the face, and the direction of the plane of the occipital bone, are not to be reconciled with this opinion, and therefore we must conVOL. xv. — N. s. NO. xix. p No. 1. No. -i. 184 Hi 12 . 114 8 7 6i 54 4 4* 64 44 54 5 •54 54... | |
 | Alexander Warfield Bradford - 1843 - 442 pages
...owing to artificial pressure. The great elongation of the face, and the directionof the plane of the occipital bone are not to be reconciled with this...it follows that these skulls belonged to a race of men now extinct, and which differed from any now existing." But it is clear that the habit of mechanical... | |
 | Samuel Foster Haven - 1856 - 596 pages
...owing to artificial pressure. The great elongation of the face, and the direction of the plane of the occipital bone, are not to be reconciled with this...peculiarity of shape depends on a natural conformation." The language of Knoxis: "That the Carib and Chinnook, and the ancient Macrocephali, fancied that by... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1873 - 352 pages
...owing to artificial pressure. The great elongation of the face and the direction of the plane of the occipital bone are not to be reconciled with this...peculiarity of shape depends on a natural conformation." Knox says : " The form of the head I speak of is peculiar to the race ; it may be exaggerated somewhat... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1873 - 352 pages
...owing to artificial pressure. The great elongation of the face and the direction of the plane of the occipital bone are not to be reconciled with this...peculiarity of shape depends on a natural conformation." Knox says : " The form of the head I speak of' is peculiar to the race; it may be exaggerated somewhat... | |
 | John Wells Foster - 1874 - 434 pages
...owing to artificial pressure. The great elongation of the face, and the direction of the plane of the occipital bone are not to be reconciled with this...peculiarity of shape depends on a natural conformation." Knox says : " The form of the head I speak of, is peculiar to the race ; it may be exaggerated somewhat... | |
 | 1842 - 408 pages
...owing to artificial pressure. The great elongation of the face, and the direction of the plane of the occipital bone, are not to be reconciled with this opinion, and therefore we must conVOL. xV. NS NO. xIx. P elude that the peculiarity of shape depends on a natural conformation. If... | |
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A careful examination of these skulls has convinced me that their peculiar shape cannot be owing to artificial pressure. The great elongation of the face and the direction of the plane of the occipital bone are not to be reconciled with this opinion,... 