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IN a lecture at the Royal Anthropological Institute on November 29, Dr. Arthur Keith dealt with the physical characters and relationships of certain negro tribes in Equatorial Africa. His account was founded on data collected by (1) Mr. E. Torday amongst tribes in the Congo Free State, including the Bushonga, Basoka, Sango, and several others; (2) by Mr. P. A. Talbot in southern Nigeria, including the tribes of the Ekoi, Kabila, and Korawfs. Dr. Keith had also at his disposal three collections of crania, an extensive one of the Batatela (a tribe towards the eastern part of the Congo Free State), which was brought home by Mr. Torday; another from southern Nigeria, which he owed to Mr. P. A. Talbot; and a third (from the delta of the Niger) which had been placed at his disposal by Dr. Frank Corner.
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Certain Physical Characters of the Negroes of the Congo Free State and Nigeria . Nature 85, 221 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/085221a0
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