The races of man : an outline of anthropology and ethnography / by J. Deniker.

  • Deniker, Joseph, 1852-1918.
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[1900]
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    to become convex with the tip turned down (Bertillon, Hoyer). In the dead body it always takes the arched form. According to Broca and Houze, the nasal index has a tendency to get lower—that is to say, the nose becomes relatively thinner as the individual advances in age; according to Hoyer,1 the contrary takes place. The ears present few characteristic traits for distinguishing races,2 but the same cannot be said of the lips. T hey are thin in the so-called white races and among Mongols; very thick and protruding among the Negroes; somewhat thick among Malays, Melanesians, etc. Their form contributes Fig. 22.—Persian Hadjemi. Example of Assyroid nose. (Author’s Phot. Coll.) much towards hiding or accentuating dental or alveolar prognathism. Skeleton oj the Trunk and Limbs.—The parts of the skeleton other than the head furnish but few materials for characterising 1 P. Broca, “ Recher. sur find, nas.,” Rev. d’Anthro., vol. i., Paris, 1872; Ilouze, “ L’ind. nas. des Flamands et des Wallons,” Bull. Soc. Ant hr., Bruxelles, vol. vii., 1888-89; O. Hovorka, Die aussere Nase, Wien, 1893; Hoyer, “ Beitr. zur Anthr. der Nase,” Schwalbe’s Morph. Arb., vol. iv., p. 151, 1894. 2 Schwalbe, “ R. Virchow’s Feftschrift,” 1891; E. Wilhelm, Rev. Biol, du nord de la France, Lille, 1892, No. 6.