The Mongol in our midst : a study of man and his three faces / by F. G. Crookshank.

  • Francis Graham Crookshank
Date:
1924
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Credit: The Mongol in our midst : a study of man and his three faces / by F. G. Crookshank. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE MONGOL IN OUR MIDST given the posture, should be deduced ; or, given the femurs, should lead to correct deduction in respect of habitual posture. Klaatsch frequently modified details in his theories it is true, and his pupils have extended them. Chief amongst these modifications is one suggesting the appearance of a primitive ' Mesopotamian ' type whence sprung Chimpanzees and chimpanzoid man (See Plate XXIX). Latterly, Klaatsch himself inclined to the notion that there had been perhaps a fourth primitive man-ape type or sub-type. It is very probable that such a sub-type, with square head and face (resembling the gibbon) can be recognised both racially and amongst us and our degenerates ; but that need not concern us now. What is important is to note that Klaatsch's scheme helps us to understand the composite nature of the populations of Europe ; well ' explains ' the pathological observa¬ tions made by physicians such as Langdon-Down ; interests us in the occurrence of the ' racial ' types— [114]