RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Godron; Weisbach. CUL-DAR85.A81. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 352, n65: "Godron, 'De l'Espèce,' tom. ii. 1859, p. 300.", n66: "This fact was ascertained in the 'Reise der Novara: Anthropolog. Theil,' Dr. Weisbach, 1867, s. 265."
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Novaras Reise. S. 265 women of Chinese very small feet - evidence that compression originated to exaggerate a natural peculiarity
[Weisbach, A. Körpermessungen. (Reise der [österreichischen Fregatte] Novara […1857-59.] 4to. Wien, 1867. CUL-DAR240]
Godron Huns of Attila flatten nose to mean [illeg]
Sexual selection. Man.
[Godron, D. De l Espèce et des Races [dans les êtres organisés.] 2v. 8° Paris, 1869. CUL-DAR240]
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