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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is elaborate and careful and contains many observations of considerate importance. However, it contain little that is new. The paper should be referred to someone who can pay more attention to the methods adopted in this field of study.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1897].

Reference number
RR/13/310
Earliest possible date
20 June 1897
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

David Douglas Cunningham

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David Douglas Cunningham, Referee's report by David Douglas Cunningham, on a paper 'An investigation on the variability of the human skeleton: with especial reference to the Naqada race discovered by Professor Flinders Petrie in his explorations in Egypt' by Ernest Warren, 20 June 1897, RR/13/310, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_310/referees-report-by-david-douglas-cunningham-on-a-paper-an-investigation-on-the-variability-of-the-human-skeleton-with-especial-reference-to-the-naqada-race-discovered-by-professor-flinders-petrie-in-his-explorations-in-egypt-by-ernest-warren, accessed on 18 June 2025

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