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Word: fingo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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...equally interested," Dr. Gesell continued, "in the pouting of the European child, of Kafir, Fingo, Malay, Abyssinian, Orang and Chimpanzee. [He found] that discontented primates protrude their lips to an extraordinary degree, Europeans to a lesser degree, but that among young children lip protrusion is characteristic of sulkiness throughout the greater part of the world. . . . The study of emotional expression strengthened the conclusion that man is derived from some lower animal form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Daddy Darwin | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

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