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The so-called "Drawidian" populations of Southern Hindostan lead us back, physically as well as geographically, towards the Australians; while the diminutive MINCOPIES of the Andaman Islands lie midway between the Negro and Negrito races, and, as Mr. Busk has pointed out, occasionally present the rare combination of Brachycephaly, or short-headedness, with woolly hair.
Weisbach, Dr., measurement of men of different races; on the greater variability of men than of women; on the relative proportions of the body in the sexes of different races of man. Weismann, Prof., colours of Lycaenae. Welcker, M., on brachycephaly and dolichocephaly; on sexual differences in the skull in man. Wells, Dr., on the immunity of coloured races from certain poisons.
On the other hand, high cheek-bones and broad faces a condition most usually found associated with brachycephaly have sometimes been noted as associated with undue or violent sexuality. Marro noted the excess of prominent cheek-bones in sexual offenders, and in America it has been found that unchaste girls tend to have broad faces.
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