The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger Zoology 29 Report on the Human Skeletons

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.

A high resolution (800 ppi) world map showing the H.M.S. Challenger Track and Sounding Stations
is available here in three sections.
From Zoology Volume LIII, 1887.

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Left Section at 800 ppi

Middle Section at 800 ppi

Right Section at 800 ppi

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

PLATES.

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