SWEDISH SCIENTISTS.
4 EXPLORATION IN AUSTRALIA. By TelecraDli— vrltrhl Perth, August 19. The Swedish scientific expedition under Dr. Mjorberg has returned here, after spc/.ding'eleven months in tho' lumberley district. The expedition secured a splendid collection of bird?,.-mammals, reptiles, fishand insects, sumo of them new to science. Tho leader stated that ho had discovered a. .striking resemblance between the aboriginals and the old Neanderthal race, which became extinct in Europo centuries ago. Tho inland natives nre a much finer type than the coastal natives, Who show traces of Malay blood.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1211, 21 August 1911, Page 5
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89SWEDISH SCIENTISTS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1211, 21 August 1911, Page 5
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