- EAN13
- 9782381116624
- Éditeur
- Human and Literature Publishing
- Date de publication
- 04/09/2023
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Variations in Human Stature
Posture and its Indications
Guyot Daubés, Thomas L. Brunton
Human and Literature Publishing
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Aide EAN13 : 9782381116624
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The study of human stature involves several questions of more important
interest than that of mere theory or curiosity. It may aid us in learning
whether the human race is really degenerating, as some persons assert, by
determining whether our ancestors in heroic and prehistoric times had the
superior physical prowess that is often ascribed to them. It should teach us
whether there are races of dwarfs and of giants, and what are the distances
separating the races that most nearly approach those descriptions. We learn
from it the exact facts respecting the differences in stature among the people
of a single nation, our own, for instance, to which military men attach high
value. Other fields of inquiry, of a practical bearing, regard the causes that
influence the stature of populations and races in general, and the growth of
individuals, from infancy up; and the influence of stature upon the force,
agility, endurance, and physical development of individuals. An opinion was
current, in the last century, that our ancestors, at some time in the past,
were the equals or superiors in size to the largest men now to be found.
interest than that of mere theory or curiosity. It may aid us in learning
whether the human race is really degenerating, as some persons assert, by
determining whether our ancestors in heroic and prehistoric times had the
superior physical prowess that is often ascribed to them. It should teach us
whether there are races of dwarfs and of giants, and what are the distances
separating the races that most nearly approach those descriptions. We learn
from it the exact facts respecting the differences in stature among the people
of a single nation, our own, for instance, to which military men attach high
value. Other fields of inquiry, of a practical bearing, regard the causes that
influence the stature of populations and races in general, and the growth of
individuals, from infancy up; and the influence of stature upon the force,
agility, endurance, and physical development of individuals. An opinion was
current, in the last century, that our ancestors, at some time in the past,
were the equals or superiors in size to the largest men now to be found.
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