The Canadian journal of industry, science and art . g an adequate Crania Britanuica ; and in thesuccessful pursuit of so worthy an aim, he has proved that the mantleof Professor Samuel George Morton has fallen to no unworthy succes-sor. But in this idea of British autochthones, Celtic, aboriginalyprimordial and idiogeneous in character, it seems as if he were resolvedto perpetuate the very creases and flaws of the sacred mantle : for herewe have Dr. Mortons homogeneous cranial type reproduced to tramelthe investigations of British craniologists, as it has already done thoseof America. One theo
The Canadian journal of industry, science and art . g an adequate Crania Britanuica ; and in thesuccessful pursuit of so worthy an aim, he has proved that the mantleof Professor Samuel George Morton has fallen to no unworthy succes-sor. But in this idea of British autochthones, Celtic, aboriginalyprimordial and idiogeneous in character, it seems as if he were resolvedto perpetuate the very creases and flaws of the sacred mantle : for herewe have Dr. Mortons homogeneous cranial type reproduced to tramelthe investigations of British craniologists, as it has already done thoseof America. One theoretical type is assumed, and every examplewhich will not conform to its requirements thenceforth becomes anaberrant form. In reality, however, the only aberrant form amongthe above crania is the Codford skull; while in that from Uley Bar-row we have a strongly marked illustration of the essentially diverseBritish dolichocephalic type, which Mr. Wilde recognizes as corres-ponding to primitive Irish crania found under similar circumstances, Plate IT.
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