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THE ATLANTIC SLOPE NATURALIST. 



ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTES. 



The Society of Anthropology of Paris 

 is the recipient of four skulls from Bolivia, 

 one of which is alleged to be that of 

 Atahualpha, the last Inca of Peru. They 

 were presented by M. Senechal de la 

 Grange through Dr. Chervin. 



M. R. Anthony took for his subject 

 ' The Evolution of the Human Foot " at 

 the annual Broca conference. He con- 

 tended that the deviation from the arbo- 

 real type was particularly shown in the 

 feet of new-born infants. The angle of 

 separation of the head of the astralagus 

 he found to be in the chimpanzee 35 de- 

 grees, the gorilla 30 degrees, the new- 

 born European 29 degrees, the negro 24 

 degrees, and the adult European 17 to 18 

 degrees. 



In a comparative table of stature, ar- 

 ranged according to nationalities, the 

 United States Indian stands higher than 

 any other race of the world, though the 

 Patagonian runs him very close, says 

 American Medicine. The white comes 

 next. At the top of the list of countries, 

 arranged in order of stature, the first 

 seven, after the United States white men, 

 are Norway, Scotland, British America, 

 Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, and Holland, 

 all northern nations. 



The N. Y. Sun under the date of May 

 30th last, from Norman, Okla., states 

 that Prof. C, N. Gould has returned 

 from southwestern Missouri, where he 

 inspected a cave which promises to be 

 of archaeological value. The cave is 

 four miles north of the Arkansas line 

 and twelve east of Indian Territory. It 

 is 70 feet long— a hole dug out of the 

 solid rock. The bottom is covered with 

 a coating of ashes three feet deep, esti- 

 mated in all at some 5,000 cubic feet. 



It is believed that the cavern was in- 

 habited and that the ashes are those left 

 by the fires they built. Out of the 

 debris of ashes and clay have been dug 

 four human skeletons, together with the 

 bonrs of several animals. 



Flint instruments of all kinds, knives, 

 spear heads, and drills, as well as bone 

 I stone instruments, have been found 

 in great profusion. 



According to the Kansas City Journal 

 it is reported that a new word has origin- 

 ated from the characteristics of a certain 

 plant, namely the Loco weed. This 

 plant is said to be unusually abundant on 

 the prairies this year and its physiological 

 action on the animals which partake of 

 it is curious. When an animal has ac- 

 quired the loco habit it becomes ema- 

 ciated and wild somewhat after the 

 manner of a person sometimes affected 

 by morphine or liquor. On the prairie 

 the word " Locoed " is applied to persons 

 who are intoxicated or who have lost 

 their minds, and it has moved eastward 

 where it is doubtful if many are familiar 

 with its origin. 



Captain Kozloff recently lectured at 

 St. Petersburg on his scientific expedi- 

 tion to Central Asia and Tibet, lasting 

 from 1899 to 1901. As a result of the ex- 

 pedition the central steppe of the Gobi 

 Desert and the country of Han-su and 

 Tsaidam were traversed. Numerous an- 

 thropological observations were made, as 

 well as a great many notes with regard 

 to the flora and fauna of the country. 

 After establishing a meteorological sta- 

 tion in the Tsaidam, where the collec- 

 tions were left, the party started for the 

 heights of Tibet. Captain Kozloff's ex- 

 pedition was at first allowed to enter the 

 territory of the Dalai-Lama, but it was 

 stopped on reaching districts strictly re- 

 served. It was, consequently, compelled 

 to winter for five months in the Mekong 

 Valley. The expedition traversed and 

 made a study of parts of Tibet, which 

 had never before been visited by Euro- 

 peans, and made collections which will 

 have an important bearing on the study 

 of the ethnography and the flora and 

 fauna of that country. W. E. R. 



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