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THE occurrence of hair whorls in the mid-dorsal region of man has been recorded in a high percentage of Australian aborigines1,2, in a few Hawaiian fœtuses of mixed ancestry3 and in one European4. Osman-Hill has observed the same anomaly in Veddahs5.
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FENNER, F. Mid-dorsal Hair Whorls in Papuan Children. Nature 152, 538 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152538a0
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