PALEOLITHIC MAN IN THE PHILIPPINES. 29 



A fair consideration of the physical characteristics of this man will 

 show necessarily his close relationship to the Neanderthal type. The 

 massive lower jaw with its square ramus and receding chin; the low 

 cephalic index, heavy brow ridges, rounded orbits, large nasal apertures 

 and high nasal index; the small stature, but muscular frame and the 

 short upper leg or femur, all betoken a form similar to that of the 

 antediluvial man of Europe, Homo heidelbergensis. 

 ■ I believe this is the fundamental type of the Philippines, and it is 

 closely allied to the Australoid, which I have found in groups of in- 

 dividuals from all parts of the Archipelago. "Whether this form origi- ' 

 nated here or elsewhere may not be known, but the probability is that it is 

 a production of the East rather than of Europe, although it may have 

 wandered away from Europe during the ages of ice and cold, coming 

 to the East for a more equable climate. A form resembling the Aus- 

 traloid that has been found in the great islands of the Pacific Ocean. 

 Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Ceylon, Celebes, and in the Malay Peninsula 

 indicates that this may have been their original home. 



Whatever the origin of this man there can be no doubt of the presence 

 in considerable numbers of nearly related forms in the Philippine Is- 

 lands, therefore I propose the name Homo pliilippineiisis for this type. 

 The description and measurements given above serve to characterize the 

 type. 



