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Ales Hrdlicka
Aleš Hrdlička was a Czech-American anthropologist known for his research on human evolution and migration. He was a key figure in the early development of physical anthropology in the United States and founded the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Hrdlička's notable works include "The Anthropology of the Near East" and "The Skeletal Remains Suggesting or Attributed to Early Man in North America," where he questioned the early presence of humans in North America. He is also recognized for his controversial theories regarding race and human diversity.
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Ales Hrdlicka
The first to describe a case of division of the parietal bone in apes was Johannes Ranke, in 1899. The skull in question is that of an adolescent female orang, one of 245 orang crania in the Selenka collection in the Munich Anthropological Institute. The abnormal suture divides the right parietal into an upper larger and a lower smaller portion. "The suture runs nearly parallel with the sagittal...
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