He argued that the long-headed " dolichocephalic-blond " Europeans, characteristically found in northern Europe, were natural leaders, destined to rule over more " brachiocephalic " ( short headed ) peoples.
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Typical Hamitic physical traits included narrow facial features; an orthognathous visage; light brown to dark brown skin tone; wavy, curly or straight hair; thick to thin lips without eversion; and a dolichocephalic to mesocephalic cranial index.
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However, there is increasing evidence that dolichocephalic breeds, thanks to a higher number of retinal ganglion cells in their visual streak , retain more heightened sensitivity than other breeds to objects and rapid movement in the horizontal field of vision.
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Huxley wrote in 1870 that Australoids are usually dolichocephalic; their hair is usually silky, black and wavy; they usually have large, heavy jaws and prognathism; their skin is the color of chocolate and the irises are dark brown or black.
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The muzzle shape of a domestic dog ranges in shape depending upon the breed, from extremely long and thin ( dolichocephalic ), as in the Rough Collie, to nearly nonexistent because it is so flat ( extreme brachycephalic ), as in the Pug.
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Dolichocephalic breeds have a wider field of vision but smaller overlap between the eyes and therefore possibly poorer depth perception in some of their field of view than brachycephalic breeds; most, if not all, dog breeds have less visual acuity than their antecedent the wolf.
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The argument was given extra impetus by the French anthropologist Vacher de Lapouge in his book " L Aryen ", in which he argued that the " dolichocephalic-blond " peoples were natural leaders, destined to rule over more brachycephalic ( short-skulled ) peoples.
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M�ller objected to the mixing of linguistics and anthropology . " The Science of Language and the Science of Man cannot be kept too much asunder . . . I must repeat what I have said many times before, it would be wrong to speak of Aryan blood as of dolichocephalic grammar ".
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In the scientific literature of Quatrefages de Br�au in his " Crania Ethnica " ( 1875 ) popularised the view that the brachycephalic ( round-headed ) Grenelle-Furfooz Men were a distinct racial type to the dolichocephalic ( long-headed ) Cro-Magnons and prognathic Grimaldi Man.
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They were once intensively practised in anthropology, in particular in races ", spanning from the " Aryan white race, dolichocephalic " ( from the Ancient Greek " kephal?", head, and " dolikhos ", long and thin ), to the " brachycephalic " ( short and broad-headed ) race.
