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Referee's Report by W E [Wilfrid Edward] le Gros Clark on a paper 'The Australian aboriginal skull: Its non-metrical morphological characters' by F J Fenner

Reference number: RR/W/7/33

Date: 01 October 1938

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Paper reference code: B.55

Not suitable for publication by the Society, but could be published in an abbreviated form by the Anthropological Inistitute. The paper makes too many general and subjective statements and does not use accurate methods of measurement. 'In conclusion, except for the recording of certain variations in minor details, whose significant is obscure" the paper does not add 'anything to our knowledge of the characteristics of the Australian Skull'.

[Not published].

Received 5 October 1938

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RR/W/7/33
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01 October 1938
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4 pages
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Wilfrid Edward le Gros Clark

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Wilfrid Edward le Gros Clark, Sir; Wilfrid Edward le Gros Clark, Referee's Report by W E [Wilfrid Edward] le Gros Clark on a paper 'The Australian aboriginal skull: Its non-metrical morphological characters' by F J Fenner, 01 October 1938, RR/W/7/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_7_33/referees-report-by-w-e-wilfrid-edward-le-gros-clark-on-a-paper-the-australian-aboriginal-skull-its-non-metrical-morphological-characters-by-f-j-fenner, accessed on 12 May 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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