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Deniker

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[de-nee-ker] / dɛ niˈkɛr /

noun

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


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Deniker, the librarian of the Bibliothèque du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

Also, E. Hahn, Demeter und Baubo, 1896, pp. 38-40; and for some modern survivals, see Deniker, Races of Man, 1900, Chapter III.

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

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, the bibliothécaire and learned anthropologist, in the third.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)