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The varieties of the human species: principles and method of classification (1894)

Sergi, Giuseppe, 1841- [from old catalog] · City of Washington, Smithsonian institution · leaf 34

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t these forms are often found in infantile crania is afact worthy of attention. 4th. Ovoid {ovoides). This form (Fig. 6) is distinguishable onlyby the norma verticalis. The enlargement of the cranium is atthe parietals at about a third of their entire length and posteriorly.The occiput terminates… … Fig. 6.—Ovoides. The ovoid cannot be confused with the pentagonoid, because ithas no sides, nor apparent corners, nor has it the occipital obli-quity which forms the posterior part of the two posterior sides ofthe pentagonoid. The Sardinian ovoid, which I have described and namedsardiniensis,…

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