RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1863-1871]. Abstract of Wilson, Physical ethnology. CUL-DAR85.A82. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN2
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).
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X 250} Peruvian skull [excised]
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253 - {ancient race America different
264 266 285 287 288 290} Deformed H[ead] [text excised]
(Not content with elongation of skull to much extent, they used [illeg] by Hair)
Dr. Wilson:
(Ancient & Modern Times)
in Smithsonian Report for [1863] [text excised]
Wilson, Daniel. 1863. Physical ethnology. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Government Printing Office, pp. 240-302. [CUL-DAR240] (whole issue PDF) PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 351-352, n64: "Wilson, 'Physical Ethnology,' Smithsonian Institution, 1863, p. 288".
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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