3IO THE HISTOEY 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 

 onen (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 

 jjremise 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), aU of whom are prognathic Dolicho- 



cephali. 



The Papuan (Homo Papua), of all the still living human 

 species, is perhaps most closely related to the original primary 



