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Robert Chambers. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 591500 A ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R 1932 L Edinburgh : Printed by W. and R. Chambers . CONTENTS . No. Page . ANTHROPOLOGY .. LANGUAGE ... ·
Robert Chambers. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 591500 A ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R 1932 L Edinburgh : Printed by W. and R. Chambers . CONTENTS . No. Page . ANTHROPOLOGY .. LANGUAGE ... ·
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... language , doubtless agreeing those regions . The facial angle of Camper was with Aristotle in saying : ' Animals have voices , got in this way , by measuring the angle formed but man alone speaks . The principles on which by a line ...
... language , doubtless agreeing those regions . The facial angle of Camper was with Aristotle in saying : ' Animals have voices , got in this way , by measuring the angle formed but man alone speaks . The principles on which by a line ...
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... language alone - language being of all human products the one least capable of with- standing change . Blumenbach's popular classifi- cation divided mankind into- terms are ( 1. ) Race , ( 2. ) Species , ( 3. ) Variety . | us elsewhere ...
... language alone - language being of all human products the one least capable of with- standing change . Blumenbach's popular classifi- cation divided mankind into- terms are ( 1. ) Race , ( 2. ) Species , ( 3. ) Variety . | us elsewhere ...
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... languages that are monosyllabic and without inflections . The prevailing religion is Buddhism . The Chinese are specially charac- terised by oblique eyes , which , however , occur in other Mongolidæ . 2. The Turanian stock , which ...
... languages that are monosyllabic and without inflections . The prevailing religion is Buddhism . The Chinese are specially charac- terised by oblique eyes , which , however , occur in other Mongolidæ . 2. The Turanian stock , which ...
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... language ( E. ) PENINSULAR MONGOLIDE , inhabiting the Under this term , Dr Latham classes all the peninsulas of Kamtchatka and Corea , and the tribes of Africa , and along with them those of islands that form a continuation of them ...
... language ( E. ) PENINSULAR MONGOLIDE , inhabiting the Under this term , Dr Latham classes all the peninsulas of Kamtchatka and Corea , and the tribes of Africa , and along with them those of islands that form a continuation of them ...
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