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of cross-bred races such as the Iberian and Negrito, or the Filipino 

 and Negrito, but the indications are that there is blended heredity, 

 mosaic heredity, and persistence of type which suggests Mendelian 

 heredity. There exist among the Negritos fomis of hair, nose and ear, 

 as well as other features of the physiognomy, intermediate at almost 

 every conceivable point between the widest extremes, and the general 

 effect is that of disorderly blendings as represented previously by a 

 scheme for heredity of type. 



Several suggestions seem pertinent. The Negrito was originally of 

 the Primitive type and contact with the Iberian has resulted in the 

 production of vai-ious new foi-ms, such as the Alpine and Australoid, 

 with the retention of the two other types, Primitive and Iberian; or the 

 Negrito was originally of the Australoid type and has been impregnated 

 with the Primitive and Alpine through the Malay migrations, and the 

 Iberian through the Spanish occupation of the Philippines, with the 

 retention of these types and the formation of intermediates between 

 them; or, the Negrito was originally Iberian and has become mixed 

 with Primitive, Alpine, and Australoid forms through subsequent in- 

 fusions from various sources; or, the Negrito was originally of a com- 

 posite form embodying the Primitive, Australoid, and Iberian, from 

 which these and other types have arisen; or, the true Negrito form has 

 become lost through incessant intermingling, leaving only the small 

 size, dark skin, and kinky hair; or, the Negrito represents a degenerated 

 product with many possible forms tucked away under the kinky hair 

 and dark skin' or, various combinations of all these suggestions may be 

 the truth. 



• Whatever may have been the conditions, there can be no doubt that 

 the Negrito of the Philippines is not a pure race, but one composed of 

 at least two forms, the Primitive and the Iberian, which are almost 

 exact antitheses in the cardinal anthropomorphic qualities, and of the 

 Australoid, which is a combination of the two forms. 



The most plausible hypothesis as to the composition of the Negritos 

 is that they were originally of the Primitive type, and subsequently 

 became impregnated with the Iberian, because the women are largely of 

 the Primitive type and the men of the Iberian. The Iberian impregna- 

 tion must have come at a time previous to the Spanish possession of 

 the Islands, or at least it was other than Spanish or even than Filipino 

 or Chinese, or else there would be found Negrito tj^es similar to the 

 Adriatic, Cro-Magnon, and B. B. B., all of which are present in the 

 living Spanish, Chinese, and Filipino population of the Philippines, 

 unless it be that these types, which are greater in size than the Iberian, 

 are incapable of impregnating the Negrito and fecundity is possible only 

 with the Iberian. It is probable that the Iberian and Primitive united 

 in the Negrito before their arrival in the Philippines, or at a very 



