Sanielevici, Henry

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Sanielevici, Henry (detail)
1926La vie des mammifères et des hommes fossiles déchiffrée à l'aide de l'anatomie et de la physiologie comparées de l'appareil masticateur.
Bucharest, Imprimérie de l'État: xciv + 660. 459 figs.
—Title-page bears imprint "Bulletin de la Société Roumaine des Sciences", but with no volume or number indicated; possibly publ. as a separate. Rev.: Homme Préhist. 13: 295-298? An elaborate and idiosyncratic treatise, arguing that most if not all mammals are primitively and persistently eaters of molluscs, insects, and other animal food - including sirs. (251-256, 523), which despite appearances are affirmed to be primarily molluscivores! The "petite histoire de ce livre" (525-532) is a revealing account of the genesis of the author's thinking.