OUR FACE FROM FISH TO MAN 



As to the changes in the face of the white race, 

 Sir Arthur Keith has adduced evidence tending to 

 show that a thousand years ago the average English- 

 man had a wider face, a shorter nose, a broader 

 palatal arch and better teeth than the typical 

 Englishman of today, who tends toward a narrow 

 face and a narrow-vaulted dental arch. Keith 

 ascribes this in part to the coarser diet and outdoor 

 life of a thousand years ago, which gave the 

 ductless glands that control growth more chance to 

 produce better teeth and better dental arches. 

 Nevertheless there is reason to believe that in spite 

 of the many unfavorable influences today, espe- 

 cially in the cities, living conditions are on the 

 whole more sanitary, as shown by the decreasing 

 mortality. But while there are better conditions 

 for producing healthy children, more of the weak- 

 lings are also kept alive to perpetuate their 

 troubles. In any event, it is not unlikely that in 

 the long run eugenic counsels will prevail in the 

 more enlightened countries of the world, at least 

 to a noticeable extent. 



Possibly the people of those days may extract 

 all their teeth before they begin to give trouble, 



or they may be fed with endocrine and other 



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