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appearance of Negro hair is not, of course, an ape-like characteristic; 

 indeed, the anthropoid apes have head-hair more resembling in appearance 

 that of the Mongolian type of humanity, though in some chimpanzees I have 

 noticed a tendency to wavy, "crimped" hair. In the shape of the skull, 



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in the foot, in the relative proportion of the limbs, the Negro species 

 (which, it must be remembered, includes the ancient inhabitants of 

 Tasmania, the Negritoes and Papuans of Eastern Asia and Polynesia) is less 

 divergenl from the ape than other living races of mankind. 



The Negro type which originated in Southern Asia was possibly of an 

 under-sized appearance, his skin, however, being rather yellower than black. 



