REPORT

of the

SCIENTIFIC RESULTS

of the
  
 VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER
DURING THE YEARS 1873-76

under the command of
 Captain GEORGE S. NARES, R.N. F.R.S.

and the late
Captain FRANK TOURLE THOMSON, R.N.

Prepared under the Superintendence of

the late
Sir. C. WYVILLE THOMSON, Knt., F.R.S., &c.
Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh
Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff on board

and now of
JOHN MURRAY, LL.D., Ph. D. &c.
One of the naturalists of the expedition.


ZOOLOGY Part XXIX

1884
 
 Report on the Human Skeletons collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years
1873-1876.


by

  William Turner, M.B., LL.D., F.R.SS. L.&E.,
Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh,
Foreign Member of the Anthropological Society of Paris.

(The Manuscript containing descriptions of the Crania was received in July 1883 whilst the last two chapters referring to the general conclusions were received in July 1884.)


130 pp. Illustrated with 7 plates.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 10, 1884.

This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents in the library holdings of
Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire.

June, 2004.

Copyright © 2004 by David C. Bossard.







A high resolution  (800 ppi) world map showing the H.M.S. Challenger Track and Sounding Stations
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CONTENTS

PART I.  -- CRANIA.

PREFACE  1   001

CONTENTS  2   002

INTRODUCTION  3   003  004  005  006  007  008  009  010

Bush Race, South Africa  10   010  011  012  013  014  015  016  017

Fuegian and Patagonian  17   017  018  019  020  021  022  023  024  025  026  027  028

Australian  28   028  029  030  031  032  033  034  035  036  037  038  039  040  041  042  043  044  045  046  047  048  049  050  051

Admiralty Islanders  51   051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060  061  062

Sandwich Islanders  62   062  063  064  065  066  067  068  069  070  071  072  073

Chatham Islanders  73   073  074  075  076

New Zealanders  76   076  077  078  079  080  081

Comparison of Crania of Pacific Islanders  81   081  082  083  084  085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092  093  094  095  096  097  098  099  100  101  102  103  104  105  106  107  108  109  110  111  112  113  114

General Summary  114   114  115  116  117  118  119  120  121  122  123  124  125  126  127  128  129  130






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