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Deniker

American  
[de-nee-ker] / dɛ niˈkɛr /

noun

  1. Joseph 1852–1918, French anthropologist and naturalist.


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There are authorities, such as Deniker, who hold that even the latest research shows these remains to be Pliocene, but it is disputed.

From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph

"Dr. Deniker has achieved a success which is well-nigh phenomenal."

From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)

Steatopygia cannot be said to exist, according to Deniker, unless the projection of the buttocks exceeds 4 per cent of the individual's height; it frequently equals 10 per cent.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock

M. Deniker, who has made a special study of the anthropoid apes, informs me that he has so far been unable to make definite observations regarding the existence of menstruation.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock

Deniker, while acknowledging the resemblance to certain European types, classes the Ainu as a separate race, the Palaeasiatics.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

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