Researches into the physical history of man / [James Cowles Prichard].

  • Prichard, James Cowles, 1786-1848.
Date:
1813
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Credit: Researches into the physical history of man / [James Cowles Prichard]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Aztlan must have been either in that part of America which approaches to Asia, or possibly on the Asiatic continent. Of the Physical Characters of the Americans. Buumenzacn has observed that the peculiarities in the configuration of the skull of the American are similar to those of the Mongole but not quite so strongly marked. He says that the eheek-bones are as broad as in the latter, but that the corners are more rounded and the angles not so sharp; that these bones are not so pro- minent. lateraly, and that the skull is less heavy. (c) Humboldt confirms or repeats these remarks and adds some other discriminations. The American cranium exibits according to him a facial line more inclined though straighter than that of the Neero; the forehead being much depressed. It may be doubted however whether this character is general, and M. de Humboldt may have beei deceived by examining skulls artificially modified.(d) “The under jaw is larger than the Negro’s and its, branches are less dispersed than in the Mongole. The occipital bone is less curved ; the protuberances (a) Blumenback. de Punité du genre humain, p. 218. (4) I suspect this to have been the case, because this author is as far as I know the guly @ng. wha. has noted the circumstance in question,