Science: The Shape of Man

Anthropology studies Man in all his aspects, including his customs and cultures. Physical anthropology, which gives Man a much narrower look, measures his (and her) physical characteristics. The American Association of Physical Anthropologists recently met in Washington to swap some new measurements.

A favorite study at present seems to be the blood (it used to be the skull). Dr. Victor E. Levine of Creighton University, Omaha, used blood tests to determine where Eskimos came from. In blood groups, he said, Eskimos are practically identical with American Indians. Therefore they are not descendants of Europe's ice-age population (as one theory maintains), or recent...

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