310 THE HISTORY OF CREATION. 
North America. No woolly-haired nation has ever had an 
important “history.” 
In the eight higher races of men, which we comprise as 
straight-haired (Lissotrichi), the hair of the head is never 
actually woolly, although it is very much frizzled in some 
individuals. Every separate hair is cylindrical (not like a 
tape), and hence its section is circular (not oval). 
The eight races of Lissotrichi may likewise be divided 
into two groups—stiff-haired and curly-haired. Stiff-haired 
men (Euthycomi), the hair of whose heads is quite smooth 
and straight, and not frizzled, include Australians, Malays, 
Mongolians, Arctic tribes, and Americans. Curly-haired 
men, on the other hand, the hair of whose heads is more or 
less curly, and in whom the beard is more developed than 
in all other species, include the Dravidas, Nubians, and 
Mediterranean races. (Compare Plate XV.) 
Now, before we venture upon the attempt hypothetically 
to explain the phyletic divergence of mankind, and the 
genealogical connection of its different species, we will 
premise a short description of the twelve named species 
and of their distribution. In order clearly to survey their 
geographical distribution, we must go back some three or 
four centuries, to the time when the Indian Islands and 
America were first discovered, and when the present great 
mingling of species, and more especially the influx of the 
Indo-Germanic race, had as yet not made great progress. 
We begin with the lowest stages, with the woolly-haired 
men (Ulotrichi), all of whom are prognathie Dolicho- 
cephali, 
The Papuan (Homo Papua), of all the still living human 
species, is perhaps most closely related to the original primary 
