The conflict between Ripley and Deniker was criticized by Jan Czekanowski, who states that " the great discrepancies between their claims decrease the authority of anthropology ", and what is more, he points out that both Deniker and Ripley had one common feature, as they both omitted the existence of an " Armenoid race ", which Czekanowski claimed to be one of the four main races of Europe, met especially among the Eastern and Southern Europeans.
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The conflict between Ripley and Deniker was criticized by Jan Czekanowski, who states, that " " the great discrepancies between their claims decrease the authority of anthropology " ", and what is more, he points out, that both Deniker and Ripley had one common feature, as they both omitted the existence of " Armenoid race ", which Czekanowski claimed to be one of the four main races of Europe, met especially among the Eastern and Southern Europeans.