Hrdlička
Americannoun
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Aleš Hrdlička, a Bohemian-born anthropologist, became the institution’s first curator of physical anthropology in 1904.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
In the early 1900s, the U.S.-based anthropologist Aleš Hrdlička helped to found the modern study of human bones.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2018
The skeletons Hrdlička studied were categorized as either male or female, seemingly without exception.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2018
The differences of opinion between Hrdlička and other students is probably more a question of nomenclature than of fact.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
As we have just seen Hrdlička recognises a dolichocephalic element in North America, and various ethnic groups range to pronounced brachycephaly.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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