The varieties of the human species: principles and method of classification (1894)
Sergi, Giuseppe, 1841- [from old catalog] · City of Washington, Smithsonian institution · leaf 56
Egyptian crania, whence its name of aegyptia-cus ; then among the Kourgan crania. 6th. Ellips. epiopisthius. That is, a cranium of elliptical formin which the level rises from the frontal towards the posterior part,so that the latter appears to be raised (Fig. 45). THE VARIETIES OF THE HUMAN… … Fig. 45.—Ellips. Epiopisthius. vice versa. These two characteristics appear separately andtogether in other varieties, as in the ovoid, the platycephalus, andin the ellipsoidal subvariety. This may also be said of the roof-like form, or stegoid, and of the hypsistegoid.
Anthropology · Craniology
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