Abstract
THIS book consists of records of measurements of families of immigrants living in New York. It deals mainly with southern Europeans, Scotch, and Hebrews, and the records refer to head measurements, stature, eye-colour, and hair-colour. The records must prove of the greatest usefulness to students of human inheritance, and particularly to those who are studying the effect of a change of environment upon the physical characteristics of the human subject.
Materials for the Study of Inheritance in Man.
By Franz Boas. (Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology, Vol. 6.) Pp. viii + 540. (New York: Columbia University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1928.) 50s. net.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Anthropology and Archæology. Nature 124, 532 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124532b0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124532b0