Archive image from page 538 of The cyclopædia of anatomy and. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology cyclopdiaofana0402todd Year: 1849 Portrait of one of the 'Siamese Twing.' (Taken in Paris in 1830.) The whole face, instead of approaching the oval, as in Europeans, is of a lozenge-shape; and the greater relative development of the zygomatic bones, and of the bones of the face altogether, when compared with the capacity of the cranium, indicate in the pyramidal skull, as in the prognathous, a more ample develop- ment of the organs immediately subservient to sensation ; the lateral expansion
Archive image from page 538 of The cyclopædia of anatomy and. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology cyclopdiaofana0402todd Year: 1849 Portrait of one of the 'Siamese Twing.' (Taken in Paris in 1830.) The whole face, instead of approaching the oval, as in Europeans, is of a lozenge-shape; and the greater relative development of the zygomatic bones, and of the bones of the face altogether, when compared with the capacity of the cranium, indicate in the pyramidal skull, as in the prognathous, a more ample develop- ment of the organs immediately subservient to sensation ; the lateral expansion being attended with a similar result in this respect, to that which is consequent upon the forward prolongation of the prognathous skulls. In the breadth of the lower jaw (Jig. 813) a remarkable contrast will be noticed with that of the prognathous type (fg. 809). The greater part of the races representing the pyramidal type in a well marked degree, may be designated as pastoral nomades ; some of them wandering with their flocks and herds over the vast plains of high Asia, whilst others creep along the shores of the Icy sea, supporting themselves partly by fishing, but living in part upon the flesh of their rein-deer. As in the preceding case, however, the same type is encountered in a remote quarter of the globe, among tribes whose descent would seem to be altogether different, yet which closely corresponds with the nomadic races of high Asia as to the physical conditions under which they live ; namely, the Hottentots of South Africa, whose resemblance to Mon- golians in cranial conformation, as well as in complexion, hair, and several other charac- ters, is so striking as to have been noticed by all travellers familiar with both, and to have given rise to many speculations as to their possible blood-relationship. It will be here- after shown, however, that there is no valid reason for separating the Hottentots from the general mass of the African nations ; and just as the
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