Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind, Volume 1

Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 1836

INTRODUCTION	1

Inadequacy of historical sources of information	8

Of the Dispersion of Plants and of the primary Habitations	16

Of the means provided by nature for the disper	34

Phenomena connected with the vegetation	43

Recapitulation and conclusion	50

Of the dispersion of insects	56

Of the dispersion of marine animals	62

Of the psychical character of the Esquimaux	186

Psychical history of the Negro races	197

Concluding remarks	215

nomena of correspondence	217

Of the structure of the parts on which the variety	232

Note on Sections 1 and 2	239

IndoAtlantic or Iranian nations	262

CHAPTER V	275

Of the dispersion of mammifers and reptiles	68

Distribution of the species comprised in the most	85

Concluding remarks on the distribution of tellurian	94

BOOK II	103

Observations on the means of determining as	109

Second head of the analogical investigationin	138

Third head of the analogical investigation	150

Note on the Contents of Chapter I	161

Psychical characters of mankind in comparison	169

Analogical Investigation continuedof the Psychological Com	175

Of the psychical characters of the Bushman	177

Of the substance and texture of the skull in dif	282

Oval form of the skullcrania of the IndoAt	303

Of artificial modifications of the form of the cra	315

CHAPTER VI	322

Of the form of the trunklength and shape	333

CHAPTER VII	339

Of the varieties of texture in the human skin	345

Of varieties in the form and structure of animals	349

CHAPTER VIII	358

Of the hereditary transmission of varietiesof	366

Título	Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind, Volume 1 Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind, James Cowles Prichard
Autor	James Cowles Prichard (F.R.S.)
Editora	Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 1836
Original de	Universidade de Michigan
Digitalizado	23 Jul 2011

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