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RACE


ETHNOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HUMAN RACE

WHITE RACES


I. IndoGermanic or Aryan: skin white to brunette; hair flaxen to dark- brown, straieht, wavy, or curly; eyes horizontal, blue t« brown; face narrow to broad; nose narrow and prominent; dolichocephalic to brachycephahc; or- thognathous to slightly prognathous.


II. Semitic: fair to brunette; strong profiile; nose large, and narrow.

III. Hamitic: dark skin; hair sleek and frizzly: stature moderate; doli- chocephalic ; prognathous.

IV. Mlved Races.

V. Remains op Primitive Races.


(3) Slav.— (a) West Slavs: Wends. Poles. Tchechs. Slovaks; (h) East Slavs: the Great, White, and Little Russians (Ruthen- ians): (c) South Slavs: Slovenea and Serbocroats.

(4) Greek (with strong Slav strain).

(5) Celtic— (a.) Gauls; (b) Cymri (Welsh and Cornish); (c) Bretons; (d) Gaels (Irish and Scotch).

(6) Lettic or Lithuanian.

(7) Iranian (Persians. Afghans, Baluchis, Ossetians, Kurds).

(8) Indian (Hindu). Kafir.

(9) Armenian (mixed type).

(10) Albanian.

(11) Sart and Tate.

(12) Dard (Hindu and MongoUau).

(1) Jeuish: (2) Syrian; (3) Arabian; (4) Kufrah: (5) Maron' ite and Druse.

(1) Berber (in Morocco; Kabyles in Algeria; Tuaregs).

(2) Nubian: Nubians proper. Agau, Danakil, Gallaa, Soma- lis, and Wahuma.

(11 Hamite x Semite: Egyptians, Abyssinians; (2) Hamite Negro: Fulahs, Masai, Niam-Niam, Mangbuttu, Kanembu,

Kanuri; (3) Hamite x Semite x Negro: Tibbus.

Basques; Ainus; certain tribes of the Caucasus.


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SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OP BRANCHES


^ White skin, flaxen hair, blue eyes, , dolichocephahc, tail (towards the South, I brunette, brachycephahc, smaller). \ Brunette; physical characteristics of ■ various types; speech derived from va- / rious dialects of the Latii


\ Blond (in the north) to brunette fin -, the south); face flat and frequently ( broad. -! Noble features.


I Speech, Slavo-Lettic language; phys- 1 ical resemblance to Teutons. ■{ Brunette, strong profile. -[ Brunette, strong profile.


YELLOW RACES


I. Mongol: yellowish skin; straight hair, dark-brown to black; eyes dark and oblique; face flat and broad; nose low and broad; brachycephahc; of medium stature.

II. TiBK (Tukco-Tatar): of larger stature; less brachy- cephahc; Aryan features.

III. Thibetan: well-built; Aryan strain.

IV. Chinese, Japanese, and Corean.

V. TrNGTs. VL Samoyedic.

VII. FiNNn-UoRUN: combines with Mongolian character- istics fair skin, flaxen hair, and blue eyes.

VIII. Malay: hair long and generally brown; face flat; nose small, low, and flat; oblique eyes; prominent malar bone.

IX. Eskimo: light-brown skin; straight hair; eyes dark and oblique; dolichocephalic; face broad; superior maxillary and malar bones prominent; nose flat; of low stature.

X. Indian: skin yellow to reddbih brown; hair straight and black; face broad; superior maxillary bone prominent; nose large and elevated to broad and flat; dolichocephalic to brachy- cephahc; stature small to very large.

XI. Remains op Primitive Races.

XII. Mixed Races.


\ (U East Mongol: Khalkhas. Chakhars. Ordus; (21 Went Mongol (Kalmucks):

- Sungar. Khoshod, Torgod, Dorbod, Hill Kalmucks, Teleutcs; (3) Mongol x Iranian:

{ Shi'ites, Sunmtes.

I Tatars (Siberian, Kazan, etc.), Yakuts, Kirghiz, Usbegs, Kashgaris, Nogais, Kipt-

) chaks, Turkomans, Ottomans.

{ Thibetans proper, Tanguts, Ladakis, Ghoorkhas, Chinese hill tribes (Lolos, Miao-tsze).

\ Two types are distinguished: (l) the Northern or ^/anr/iu-Corcan, the finer tjiJe, with

"/ oval face; (2) the Southern or Mongolo- Malay, the coarser, with broad, triangular face.

"i Tungus proper, Manrhu, Lamuts, Daurians, Golds.

{ Samoyedes proper, Karagasses. Soyotes, Motors, Kaibals. Kamasins.

j (1) Finnic: Finns proper, Esthonians, Livonians. Lapps, Volga tribes (Mordvinian,

-, Tcheremissian),BuIgars, Permians,Siryenians (Finland), Votyaks; (2) Ugric: Ostyaks,

\ Voguls, Magyars.

, (1) Sundanese: Malaya proper (Malacca), Battaks (Sumatra), Dayak (Borneo),

I Javanese, Bugis (Celebes), Alfuros {East Indies); (2) Philippine: Tagalas (Luzon),

"j Visaya (Mindanao); (3) Malagasy: (4) Polynesian, in the Pacific Ocean (except the

' Fiji Islands); (5) Micronesian, connecting Unk between the Polynesian and Melanesian.


( (1) North-Westem America: Nutkas (Thlinkeets, Haidas, Chimmesyan); (2) North I America: Athabascans. Algonquins, Iroquois and Hurons. Dakotas (Sioux), Shoshones, I Muskhogees, Azt€cs, Zapotecs, Mixtecas, Chichimecs; (3) Central America: Mayans. Zapoteca; (4) South America: Arawaks, Caribians. Tupi, Ges; Guaicuri; Arauca- Inians; Patagonians; Fuegians. i Mois, Kuis, Mons, Ciampas, Karens, Nagas.

.* Khmers (Cambodia); Annamites; Burmese and Aracans (Burmah); Thais or Shans ' (Siam and Laos); Igorrotes (dolichocephalic); Nicobars.


BLACK RACES


I. Bantu: lightrbrown to black; black hair with a spiral curl; dark eyes; face flat and prognathous; blubber-lipped; nose broad, flat; dolichocephalic.

II. Sudanese Negro (Negro x fair races): skin mostly fairer; face frequently with stronger profile.

III. Hottentot (Khoi-Khoin): flabby skin, light-brown to yellow; triangular faces; superior maxillary bone very prom- inent; pointed chin; steatopygous.

IV. Bdshmen: similar to the Hottentot; very small.

V. African DwARP Races: similar to the negro; very small.

VI. Negrito X brown-black skin: hair frizzly and long; face moderately prognathous; nose broad and bent; thick iips; brachycephahc.

VII. Melanesian (Papuan in New Guinea): resembles the Negrito; dohchocephalic.

VIII. Acbtralian: skin yellowish brown to black; hair dark, straight, curly, frizzly; abundant beard; strong super-


ciliary arch; nose low and broad; blubber-lipped; chin small, retreating.

IX. Dravidian: skin light to medium brown; hair wa\'y and long; strong superciliary arch; nose moderately high, narrow, straight; prognathous; blubber-lipped; frequently noble-featured.

X. Veddahs: skin mwlium to dark-brown; hair of varying length, wavy, somewhat frizzly; strong superciliary arches; nose broad, depressed, small.

XI. Cinoalrre: skin light-brown to yellow; hair Inn?, thick, wavy; nose high, straight or bent, broad; medium staurc


\ Kafirs (Zulus, Matabeles. Bechuanas, Mafitis), Hereros. Ovampos, Borotses, Bakubas,

-J Balubas. Kalundas, Wasagaras, Ugogos, Wanjamwesis, Wadschaggas, Fans, Duallas,

( Bakwiris, Jaundes.

j Nilotic tribes (Schilluks, Dinkas, Baris, Berbas), Hausas, Ashantees, Krus, Weis.

i Mandingos, Jolofs, Jorubas, Dahomans, Ewes.

( (1) Namaquas, Korannas; (2) Hill Damaras (Hottentot x Herero), Griquas and

i Oerlaam (Hottentot x White).

■I Akkas, Wamhuttis, Batuas, Babongos, Ashangos.

■! Aetas (Philippines), Semangs and Sakai (Malacca), Minkopis (Andaman Islands).


I Dravidians proper (Tamuls, Telugu, Kanarese, Malabars, Toda, Gond, Khond), ) Brahui, Mundas tribes.