 | 1871 - 630 pages
...instance, the measurements of more than one million soldiers who served in the late war, proves that a residence in the Western States during the years of growth tends to increase stature. On the other hand, a seafaring life delays growth according to the investigations... | |
 | Benjamin Apthorp Gould - Anthropology - 1869 - 692 pages
...173.00 175.19 174.91 174.86 176.02 171.58 170.16 171.65 170.53 169.41 169.51 171.35 169.58 STATURES. TABLE XII. Stature of Natives of New England. By Ages...highest statures, are those which Age Enlisted in New England Number Height in. Number Enlittod at Wext Height In. Height at Wett Bxcesa of in. Under 18... | |
 | Benjamin Apthorp Gould - Anthropology - 1869 - 704 pages
...Missouri . . 14126 68.274 173.41 TABLE XII. Stature of Native» of New England. By Age» and Region» where Enlisted. From these tables and other similar...highest statures, are those which Age Enlisted In New England Enlhted at Weft Excenof Height at Weit Number Height Mom her Height In. in. in. under 18 888... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1871 - 432 pages
...the ancestry, seem to exert a marked influence on the stature." For instance, it is established, " that residence in the "Western States, during the...of growth, tends to produce increase of stature." On the other hand, it is certain that with sailors, their manner of life delays growth, as shown "... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1871 - 468 pages
...the ancestry, seem to exert " a marked influence on the stature." For instance it is established, " that residence in the Western States, " during the...of growth, tends to produce increase " of stature." On the other hand, it is certain that with sailors, their manner of life delays growth, as shewn "... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1884 - 396 pages
...indicates the ancestry, seem to exert a marked influence on the stature." For instance, it is established that "residence in the 'Western States, during the...of growth, tends to produce increase of stature." On the other hand, it is certain that, with sailors, their life delays growth, as shown " by the great... | |
 | Indiana Historical Society - Indiana - 1895 - 574 pages
...men of 31 years and up, is 69.008 inches; and the average excess over the Ohio men is .17 inches.) From these tables and other similar ones which might...their natives the highest statures, are those which tend most strongly to increase the stature of those who remove thither during the period of development.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 890 pages
...the ancestry, seem to " exert a marked influence on the stature." For instance, it is established, " that residence in the Western States, during the "...of growth, tends to produce increase of stature." On the other hand, it is certain that with sailors, their life delays growth, as shewn " by the great... | |
 | Medicine - 1904 - 472 pages
...indicates the ancestry seem to exert a marked influence on the stature. For instance, it is established that residence in the Western States during the years of growth tends to produce increase of stature. Racial Manifestation of Disease Susceptibility. If we turn our attention to disease, w find that it... | |
 | 1905 - 462 pages
...indicates the ancestry, seem to exert a marked influence on the stature." For instance, it is established "that residence in the "Western States, during the...years of growth, tends to produce increase of stature. ' ' On the other hand, it is certain that with sailors their life delays growth, as shown "by the great... | |
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... that local influences of some kind act directly on stature; and we further learn that "the State where the physical growth has in great measure taken place, and the State of birth, which indicates the ancestry, seem to exert a marked influence on... 
