Shellshear Joseph Elliot Smith (1 results)
Published by The Royal Society, London 1934
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Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Offprint. Offprint of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Vol. 223, pp. 469-487. An analytical study of the brain cavity of the famous 'Peking Man', based on a casting of the fossil obtained by paleoanthropologist Davidson Black. The present paper attempts to…reconstruct the brain structure of this early hominid and to compare it with that of other then-known ancient hominid fossils, the great apes and modern man. The original fossils of the Peking Man discovery were lost in WWII. Softbound in printed wraps; spine reinforced, library stamp on top corner of front wrap, 5 cm. loss and additional 5 cm. taped tear to lower edge of rear wrap, not effecting any text. Light spotting to plate pages. Interior pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 19 pp. plus 3 pp. plates, 21 b&w figs, bibliography. Size: 30 x 23 cm.
