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first into several large groups or stocks. 

 Then the stocks are subdivided into 

 races. Scientists do not all use exactly 

 the same classification; we shall give you 

 one that is frequently accepted. Accord- 

 ing to this classification practically all 

 men fall into one of three large stocks: 

 the white or Caucasoid (caw'kass-oyd) 

 stock; the black or Negroid; and the yel- 

 low or MoJigoloid stock. If you examine 

 the table, Racial Classification of Man, 

 you will see into which races each stock 

 is further subdivided. This table lists not 

 only the races but it shows, too, some 

 of the characteristics which are consid- 

 ered in classifying into races. Among 

 these are such physical traits as size, 

 shape of head, texture of hair, and shape 

 of nose. Now examine Figure 523. It 

 shows you the three main stocks one 

 above the other and shows typical repre- 



aud Its hihabita7its Change unit x 



sentatives of three races within each 

 stock. In these pictures the scientist has 

 purposely chosen as a representative of 

 the Nordic race a man \\ho shows most 

 strikingly all the Nordic characteristics, 

 a man who is tall and broad with blond 

 hair and blue eyes and who has many of 

 the other traits characteristic of a Nor- 

 dic. You must not get the idea from this 

 that all those belonging to the Nordic 

 race are equally tall and blond with blue 

 eyes. He was purposely chosen to em- 

 phasize how the typical Nordic differs 

 from the others of the w^hite stock. Re- 

 member that to be classified as a Nordic 

 a man need not have all the characters of 

 a Nordic but only a majority of them. 

 Nordics vary all the way from tall or 

 blond to a much shorter stature or a 

 much darker color; some may be smaller 

 and darker than some Alpines but in the 



Racial Classification of Man* 



STOCKS AND RACES f 



Caucasoid ("White") 

 Nordic 

 Alpine 



Mediterranean 

 Hindu 



Mongoloid ("Yellow") 

 Mongolian 

 Malaysian 

 American Indian 



Negroid ("Black") 

 Negro 

 Melancsian 

 Pygmy Black 

 Bushman 



Of Doiibtjul Classification 

 Polynesian 

 Australoid 



* A few minor races of doubtful classification have been omitted. 



i Adapted from Kroeber's Anthropology, Harcourt, Brace and Company (1948), 



