Notes and Queries on Anthropology, Edited for the British Association for the Advancement of Science

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Anthropological institute, 1899 - 252 Seiten
 

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Seite 52 - Does shame excite a blush when the colour of the skin allows it to be visible? and especially how low down the body does the blush extend?
Seite 26 - were taught to shoot at butts 1 or target ; and the length of the bow depended on the height of the archer. In the true proportion of the human figure, it is found that the distance from the tip of the middle finger of one hand to that of the other, when at the utmost extension, equals that from the crown of the head to the soles of the feet. Now if such...
Seite vii - The object of the work is to promote accurate anthropological observation on the part of travellers, and to enable those who are not anthropologists themselves to supply the information which is wanted for the scientific study of anthropology at home.
Seite 51 - Is the head nodded vertically in affirmation, and shaken laterally in negation? Observations on natives who have had little communication with Europeans would be of course the most valuable, though those made on any natives would be of much interest to me. General remarks on expression are of comparatively little value; and memory is so deceptive that I earnestly beg it may not be trusted.
Seite 52 - When a man is indignant or defiant does he frown, hold his body and head erect, square his shoulders and clench his fists? (4) When considering deeply on any subject, or trying to understand any puzzle, does he frown, or wrinkle the skin beneath the lower eyelids? (5.) When in low spirits, are the corners of the mouth depressed, and the inner corner of the eyebrows raised by that muscle which the French call the "Grief muscle"?
Seite 52 - Is extreme fear expressed in the same general manner as with Europeans ? (12.) Is laughter ever carried to such an extreme as to bring tears into the eyes...
Seite 52 - ... (3) When a man is indignant or defiant does he frown, hold his body and head erect, square his shoulders and clench his fists?
Seite vii - ... a Bengali modeller. But the utility of most models, which I have seen, is marred by the want of care in representing the colour of the skin, and in decorating the model with the proper jewellery, which, in many cases, is absolutely characteristic of a particular tribe. Writing elsewhere, I said : "The more remote and unknown the race or tribe, the more valuable is the evidence afforded by the study of its institutions, from the probability of their being less mixed with those of European origin.
Seite 46 - S. 8. Cadence. In slow time, 75 paces are taken in a minute. In quick time, 116 paces, making 96 yards 2 feet in a minute and 3 miles 520 yards in an hour. In double time, 165 paces, making 151 yards 9 inches in a minute and 5 miles 275 yards in an hour.
Seite 52 - Can a dogged or obstinate expression be recognized, which is chiefly shown by the mouth being firmly closed, a lowering brow and a slight frown? 9. Is contempt expressed by a slight protrusion of the lips and by turning up the nose and...

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