Abstract
IN the year 1908 Prof. Boas, at the request of the United States Immigration Commission, began an investigation into the physical characteristics of immigrants. The volume under review contains an elaborate tabulation of the anthropometric data obtained, together with an analysis of the conclusions drawn from them. One of the most remarkable of the facts brought to light is the changes undergone in head form by the descendants of Hebrews and Sicilians. The cranial index of the former when born in Europe appears to be about 83; it sinks to 81 among those born in America. Among the latter, on the other hand, the index rises with the change of birthplace from 78 to more than 80.
Changes in Bodily Form of Descendants of Immigrants.
Prof. Franz Boas. Pp. xii + 573. (New York: Columbia University Press; London: H. Frowde, 1912.) Price 7s. 6d. net.
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S., E. Changes in Bodily Form of Descendants of Immigrants . Nature 90, 667 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/090667a0
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