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Referee's report by Johnson Symington, on a paper 'On the cranial and facial characters of the neandertal race' by William Johnson Sollas

Reference number: RR/17/221

Date: 21 June 1907

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Reference should be made to Hermann Klaatsch, who is mentioned in the paper. Refers to work by Gustav Albert Schwalbe. Work on the Gibraltar Neanderthal skull is considered especially important.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 22 June 1907.

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RR/17/221
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21 June 1907
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Johnson Symington, Referee's report by Johnson Symington, on a paper 'On the cranial and facial characters of the neandertal race' by William Johnson Sollas, 21 June 1907, RR/17/221, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_221/referees-report-by-johnson-symington-on-a-paper-on-the-cranial-and-facial-characters-of-the-neandertal-race-by-william-johnson-sollas, accessed on 16 January 2025

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