THE RACIAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE. 



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for the phenomenon. Wherever they have penetrated, as in 

 northern France, down the Rhone Valley, or in Austria, the 

 population shows its effects. 



Central Europe is generally marked by medium height. The 

 people tend to be stocky rather than tall. The same holds true 

 as we turn to the Slavic countries in the east of Europe. Across 

 Austria and Russia there is a progressive although slight tend- 

 ency in this direction. The explanation of the extreme short 

 stature of southern Europe is more problematical. Our map 

 points to a racial center of real diminutiveness, at an average of 

 five feet and one or two inches. Too protracted civilization, such 

 as it was, is partly to blame. Some authorities, notably Lapouge 



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and Fallot, even assert that naturally the people are as tall as 

 the Alpine populations. Northern Africa certainly favors this 

 view. We must await further investigation on this point, rest- 

 ing content with the fact, whatever the cause may be, that the 

 average stature is exceedingly low to-day. 



We may demonstrate the innate tendency of the Teutonic 

 peoples toward tallness of stature more locally than by this con- 

 tinental method. We may follow the trait from place to place, 

 as this migratory race has moved' across the map. Wherever 

 these " greasy seven-foot giants," as Sidonius Apollinaris called 

 them, have gone, they have implanted their stature upon the 

 people, where it has remained long persistent thereafter. Per- 



