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Bianconi, La Théorie Darwinienne et la Cretion. 1874. p 281 has good remarks on degradation of skull in some domestic Breeds

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[Variation 2d ed. 1: 35: "The proportions of the different bones; the curvature of the lower jaw, the position of the condyles with respect to the plane of the teeth (on which F. Cuvier founded his classification), and in mastiffs the shape of its posterior branch; the shape of the zygomatic arch, and of the temporal fossæ; the position of the occiput—all vary considerably.55
55 F. Cuvier, in 'Annales du Muséum,' tom. xviii. p. 337; Godron, 'De l'Espèce,' tom. i. p. 342; and Col. H. Smith, in 'Nat. Library,' vol. ix. p. 101. See also some observations on the degeneracy of the skull in certain breeds, by Prof. Bianconi, 'La Theorie Darwinienne,' 1874, p. 279."]