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BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS 



The latter point is of interest, as antedating the conclusions 

 of Cuvier regarding the nature of fossil bones. Camper also 

 made observations upon the facial angle as an index of in- 

 telligence in the different races of mankind, and in lower 



FIG. 38. CAMPER, 1722-1789. 



animals. He studied the anatomy of the elephant, the whale, 

 the orang, etc. 



John Hunter (1728-1793), the gifted Scotchman whose 

 museum in London has been so justly celebrated, was a man 

 of extraordinary originality, who read few books but went 

 directly to nature for his facts ; and, although he made errors 

 from which he would have been saved by a wider acquaint- 



