The Descent of Man

phere, they have acquired chests and lungs of
extraordinary dimensions. The cells, also, of the
lungs are larger and more numerous than in
Europeans. These observations have been
doubted, but Mr. D. Forbes carefully measured
many Aymaras, an allied race, living at the
height of between 10,000 and 15,000 feet; and
he informs me (34. Mr. Forbes' valuable paper
is now published in the 'Journal of the Ethnological
Society of London,' new series, vol. ii.
1870, p.193.) that they differ conspicuously
from the men of all other races seen by him in
the circumference and length of their bodies. In
his table of measurements, the stature of each
man is taken at 1000, and the other measurements
are reduced to this standard. It is here
seen that the extended arms of the Aymaras are
shorter than those of Europeans, and much
shorter than those of Negroes. The legs are likewise
shorter; and they present this remarkable
peculiarity, that in every Aymara measured,
the femur is actually shorter than the