Archive image from page 547 of The cyclopædia of anatomy and. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology cyclopdiaofana0402todd Year: 1849 1332 VARIETIES OF MANKIND. if we make allowance for the projection of the jaws, and consider only its relation to the cranial portion of the skull, the position of the foramen magnum is found to be the same in the Negro as in the European; whilst in the adult forms of the highest apes, as shown by Professor Owen, it is removed very much further back, although in the young it is nearer the centre of the base. Again, it was stated by White, and has been genera
Archive image from page 547 of The cyclopædia of anatomy and. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology cyclopdiaofana0402todd Year: 1849 1332 VARIETIES OF MANKIND. if we make allowance for the projection of the jaws, and consider only its relation to the cranial portion of the skull, the position of the foramen magnum is found to be the same in the Negro as in the European; whilst in the adult forms of the highest apes, as shown by Professor Owen, it is removed very much further back, although in the young it is nearer the centre of the base. Again, it was stated by White, and has been generally believed, that the length of the fore arm in the Negro is so much greater than in the European, as to constitute a real approximation to the quadrumanous type. But an extended com- parison proves, that only a very slight differ- ence exists between the average length of this part in the two races ; and that this difference is by no means greater than that which may be observed on comparing the individuals of which any single race or nation is composed. On the other hand, a constant and decided difference exists, as already pointed out, be- tween all races of mankind and the highest Quadrumana. Again, it has been supposed that the Negro races are characterised by that peculiar curved form of the bones of the leg, which gives rise to what is popularly desig- nated as the 'cucumber-shin;' also by the great elongation of the heel; and by the breadth and flatness of the foot. Such pecu- liarities are doubtless to be observed among individuals, and may be said to be general among the inferior Negro tribes ; but they are scarcely discoverable in the higher, among which a remarkable degree of symmetry in the conformation of these parts is often dis- cernible. And it should not be forgotten that the increased development of the heel, and the flattening of the foot, are characters which remove the Negro from the anthropoid apes, still more widely than the European, instead of being
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