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degenerated very much by adaptation to the very un- 

 favourable conditions of existence. But it is also possible 

 that Mongols and Polynesians immigTated from the west 

 and mixed with the former tribe. In any case the 

 aborigines of America came over from the Old World, and 

 did not, as some suppose, in any way originate out of 

 American apes. Catarrhini, or Narrow-nosed Apes, never 

 at any period existed in America. 



The three human species still to be considered — the 

 Dravidas, Nubians, and Mediterranese — agree in several 

 characteristics which seem to establish a close relationship 

 between them, and distinguish them from the preceding- 

 species. The chief of these characteristics is the strong 

 development of the beard, which in all other species is 

 either entirely wanting or but very scanty. The hair of 

 then- heads is generally not so lank and smooth as in the 

 live preceding species, but in most cases more or less curly. 

 Other characteristics also seem to favour our elassino- them 

 in one main group of curly-haired men (Euplocomi). 



The Dravida man (Homo Dravida) seems to stand very 

 near the common primary form of the Euplocomi, and 

 pei'haps of Lissotrichi. At present this primaeval species 

 is only represented by the Deccan tribes in the southern 

 part of Hindostan, and by the neighbouring inhabitants of 

 the mountains on the north-east of Ceylon, But in earlier 

 times this race seems to have occupied the whole of 

 Hindostan, and to have spread even further. It shows, on 

 the one hand, traits of relationship to the Australians and 

 jMalays ; on the other, to the Mongols and Mediterranese. 

 Theii" skin is either of a Light or dark brown colour; in 

 some tribes, of a yellowish brown, in others, almost black 



