VIII 



THE HUMAN RACES 



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(b) The European (Europaeus) : Fair, sanguine, fleshy ; yellow- 

 ish curly hair; blue eyes; intelligent, active, ingenious; wears 

 tight-fitting garments ; is subject to laws. 



(c) The Asiatic (Asiaticus) : Yellowish, melancholy, tenacious ; 

 blackish hair and brown eyes ; cruel, fond of luxury, avaricious ; 

 wears loose flowing garments ; ruled by his opinions. 



(d) The African (Afer): Black, phlegmatic, slow; jet black, 



tightly curled hair; flat 



nose, thick lips, smooth, 



silky skin like velvet, the 

 women have the 'apron' of 

 the Hottentot women, and 

 the breasts become elon- 

 gated when they are nurs- 

 ing (Feminis sinus pudoris, 

 mammae lactantes pro- 

 lixae). Shrewd, lazy, in- 

 different ; skin covered 

 with grease ; governed by 

 caprice. 



Blumenbach(l795) was 

 the first to attempt to 

 make use of the character- 

 istics deduced from a more 

 thorough study of the skull, 

 the face, the colour of the 

 skin, etc. His classifica- 

 tion, which was approved 

 and copied by Joh. Miiller, 

 had and still has many 

 adherents; he divides the 

 genus man intone races. 



(a) The Caucasian Race : 

 White, rosy-cheeked, brown 

 or chestnut hair and 

 rounded skull. Oval face, 

 with no disproportionately 

 prominent parts ; some- 

 what flat forehead ; rather 



narrow and slightly small mouth ; incisors perpendicular in both 

 the jaws; lips moderately developed; full, rounded chin; the 

 features are generally delicate and beautiful. 



To this race belong Europeans (with the exception of Lap- 

 landers and Finns), the natives of western Asia as far as the river 

 Ob, the Caspian Sea and the Ganges, and the natives of North 

 Africa. 



(&) The Mongolian Race: Yellow skin; black, straight, thin 



FIG. 145. Young girl of the Akka pigmy race 

 (Notanthropus pygmaeus dolichomorphus). (G. Sergi.) 



