. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. IU i \ ^ The following measurements give the comparative proportions of the normal and abnormal slaiUs figured above; and of two other children's skulls, in the Morton collection, figured in the Crania Americana, Plates ii and vii. They are marked, A, normal child's skull; B, abnormal do.; C and JD, the Atacama and Santa skulls of the Crania Americana : A. B. C. D. Longitudinal diameter Q>.Q) 6,9 Parietal diameter
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. IU i \ ^ The following measurements give the comparative proportions of the normal and abnormal slaiUs figured above; and of two other children's skulls, in the Morton collection, figured in the Crania Americana, Plates ii and vii. They are marked, A, normal child's skull; B, abnormal do.; C and JD, the Atacama and Santa skulls of the Crania Americana : A. B. C. D. Longitudinal diameter Q>.Q) 6,9 Parietal diameter Frontal diameter 4. Vertical diameter ? ? From observations carried on in the cemeteries of Peru, Mr. Blake was led to the conclusion that the distinguishing traits thus far noted between two classes of the ancient Peruvians are not limited to the crania, but may be dis- cerned in other traces of their physical organization. In describing those of the rounded or brachyceplialic type of cranium, he adds : " The bones of the latter struck me as larger, h(;avier, and less rounded than those of the former, (the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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