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ESKIMO'S BACKBONES.
LONDON, January 3
According to Dr Dawson, the dis-coverer-of the Pilij.Down.skull, certain Eskimo (bribes have, rn(or}e backbonethan t(he rest; of the, human race. He says he has found that.these Eskimos have a larger -number of vertebrae in the spine than other people. This ab^ f normality came about through the, survival of the fittest, and "Mie doctor ascribes their remarkable dexterity in handling their canoes to it.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1914, Page 3
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69ESKIMO'S BACKBONES. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1914, Page 3
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