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" The nations of America, except those which border the Polar circle, form a single race, characterized by the formation of the skull, the colour of the skin, the extreme thinness of the beard, and the straight glossy hair. "
Prehistoric Man: Researches Into the Origin of Civilization in the Old and ... - Page 288
by Sir Daniel Wilson - 1862
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The Northern star, or, Yorkshire magazine, Volume 3

Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 336 pages
...that the existence of man is more recent in America than in the other continent. The nations there, except those which border on the polar circle, form a single race, cbaracterited by the formation of the scull,the colour of the skin, the extreme thinness of the beard,...
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Facts authentic, in science and religion: designed to illustrate a new tr ...

William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...that the existence of man is more recent in America than in the other continent. The nations there, except those which border on the polar circle, form...single race, characterized by the formation of the scull, the color of the skin, the extreme thinness of the beard, and their straight and glossy hair....
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 7

1858 - 394 pages
...Humboldt remarks in the preface to his Researches : " The nations of America, except those which border the Polar circle, form a single race, characterized...of the skin, the extreme thinness of the beard, and the straight glossy hair." Very few and partial exceptions can be quoted to the general unanimity of...
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View of the origin and migrations of the Polynesian nation; demonstrating ...

John Dunmore Lang - 1834 - 280 pages
...already adduced the testimony of Humboldt to prove the identity of all the native tribes of America. " The nations of America, except those which border...skin, the extreme thinness of the beard, and straight and glossy hair."* * " Humboldt'8 Researches," vol. ip 15. But the aborigines of America were found,...
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View of the Origin and Migrations of the Polynesian Nation: Demonstrating ...

John Dunmore Lang - 1834 - 278 pages
...already adduced the testimony of Humboldt to prove the identity of all the native tribes of America. " The nations of America, except those which border...skin, the extreme thinness of the beard, and straight and glossy hair."* * " Humboldt'a Researches," vol. ip 15. But the aborigines of America were found,...
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View of the Origin and Migrations of the Polynesian Nation: Demonstrating ...

John Dunmore Lang - 1834 - 278 pages
...already adduced the testimony of Humboldt to prove the identity of all the native tribes of America. " The nations of America, except those which border...skin, the extreme thinness of the beard, and straight and glossy hair." * * " Humboldt's Researches," vol. ip 15. But the aborigines of America were found,...
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The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 17

1844 - 714 pages
...calumniator of the Mexican race, M. de Pau. In opposition to these statements, we find in Humboldt that " the nations " of America, except those which border on the Polar circle, " form a iingle race, characterized by the formation of the " skull, the colour of the skin, the extreme thinness...
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Archæology of the United States: Or, Sketches, Historical and ...

Samuel Foster Haven - 1856 - 596 pages
...observations."—Malte JBrun, Geog., Lib. Ixxv. " The nations of America, except those which border the polar circle, form a single race, characterized by the formation of the skull, the color of the skin, the extreme thinness of the beard, and the straight glossy hair."—Humboldt's Researches,...
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The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art, Volume 2

1857 - 594 pages
...Humboldt remarks in the preface to his Researches : '' the nations of America, except i Lose which border the polar circle, form a single race, characterized...of the skin, the extreme thinness of the beard, and the straight glossy hair." Very few and partial exceptions can be quoted to the general unanimity of...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal

1858 - 398 pages
...Humboldt remarks in the preface to his Researches : " The nations of America, except those which border the Polar circle, form a single race, characterized...of the skin, the extreme thinness of the beard, and the straight glossy hair." Very few and partial exceptions can be quoted to the general unanimity of...
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