Abstract
This address is of particular interest because in December, 1927, at Nashville, Dr. William B. Bean's father, the late R. Bennett Bean, an anthropologist and anatomist of some distinction, gave his address as vice president and chairman of Section H, Anthropology, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The title was "Stature Throughout the World." It is a happy circumstance that this particular line of family tradition is being carried on in such a distinguished way by this second generation of the Bean family. P. S. R. Introduction Everyone in science has a latent or unrecognized yearning to add a small brick to the edifice of human understanding to enhance man's dignity and make more secure his fragile hold on nature. In this and other matters each of us strives to reach goals of his own choosing, using his own means and whatever skills he may have. Below

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