. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . Skull of a Tahitian. 383 II skulls of the wide-spread Poly-nesian peoples. Prognathismis still the most constant featurein them, concomitant probablywith late weaning of the is a conspicuous characterin the skull of the native ofTahiti, fig. 383,1 in which theforehead is narrow and sloping:the parietal protuberances mo-derately developed and the xliv. no. 5386. 3 xliv. no. 5405. SKELETON OF BIMANA. 567 384 385. Front. of Macusi Indian. The cranium of a Peruvian of the modern or Inca race is short,broad, and high, espe

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. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . Skull of a Tahitian. 383 II skulls of the wide-spread Poly-nesian peoples. Prognathismis still the most constant featurein them, concomitant probablywith late weaning of the is a conspicuous characterin the skull of the native ofTahiti, fig. 383,1 in which theforehead is narrow and sloping:the parietal protuberances mo-derately developed and the xliv. no. 5386. 3 xliv. no. 5405. SKELETON OF BIMANA. 567 384 385. Front. of Macusi Indian. The cranium of a Peruvian of the modern or Inca race is short,broad, and high, especially behind, owing to the habit of carryingthe infant with the back of the head resting upon a flat board,the pressure usually producing a slight unsymmetrical distortion ofthe occipital part of the skull. The forehead is narrow and glabella slightly prominent. In the older race the craniumwas singularly and artificially distorted to the form, , shownin figs. 387 and 388 ; 1 in which, with a sudden slope and slight

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