216 ROBERT BENNETT BEAN 



rower ears (white and negro) and the Fihpinos have the narrow- 

 est ears of all. 



The Indians have the largest ears, the Eskimos next, the 

 'old whites' next, the students next, and the negroes the smallest. 

 Compared with the morgue subjects, black and white, the ears 

 of the living are larger, and the ears of the Filipinos are the 

 smallest of all. The small size of the Filipino ears is probably 

 due to the small size of the Filipino people and to the negro 

 (Negrito) mixture. The small size of the negro ear is a racial 

 trait, and is not due to the size of the American negro, who is 

 not a pigmy but almost as large as the American white or Ameri- 

 can Indian, and larger than the Eskimo. 



The negroes have the highest physiognomic index, the students 

 next, the 'old whites' next, the Eskimos next, and the Indians 

 have the lowest index. Compared with the morgue subjects, 

 black and white, the index of the living is less. The Filipino's 

 index is greater than any of the living except the students and 

 negroes, although it is less than the morgue white. By relative 

 physiognomic index the Filipino would be classed with the 

 Eskimo and Indian, and the white in each case is between these 

 and the negro. The Filipino has a large portion of Negrito, 

 which is evident because of the presence of negro and involuted 

 ears in large numbers among them, but the physiognomic index 

 does not show this. 



The Filipino, Eskimo and Indian are related to the Mongolian 

 in the physiognomic index of the ear and this relationship is 

 apparently so strong that it is shown in the ear form, in spite 

 of the large share of negro (Negrito) mixture in the Filipino. 



The ear length increases with age to 70 years and beyond, 

 and this increase is more appreciable in the white men than in 

 the white women. It is also a little greater in the white men 

 than in the Indian, and about the same as in the Eskimo. The 

 white female and the negro male increase about the same. 



The ear breadth increases with age very little and in the 

 negro apparently none at all, but not enough negro ears were 

 measured to estabUsh this. The increase is greatest in the white 

 men. 



