116 BEAN. 



early period in the Philippines before the arrival of the first Malay 

 migration; therefore, their origin should be sought elsewhere, probably 

 in Asia. 



Davenport's hypothesis, that straight hair is recessive and kinky or 

 curly dominant, is corroborated by finding many straight-haired forms, 

 such as the Iberian and Primitive, with kinlcy hair, although blending 

 in hair-form is evident among the mixed Malay Negritos. This does 

 not necessarily imply that straight hair would not be dominant and 

 curly hair recessive under different conditions, as among the other 

 peoples of the Philippines not Negritos, where the kinky hair of the 

 Negrito has probablj^ often appeared and, I believe, disappeared. Prob- 

 ably the truth of the matter is that when two extremes of hair-form 

 are crossed, suda as the Malay and Negrito, the first results are blends, 

 with afterwards a return, more or less pure, to the original forms; but 

 in the end the kinky hair of the Negrito is retained when the cross takes 

 place continually among the Negritos, and the straight hair when the 

 crossing is continually among the Malays. In this manner extraneous 

 types are bred out. 



The photographs of the Mariveles Negritos were aU placed upon a 

 large table before me, and when I scrutinized them carefully I realized 

 that I was looking into the familiar faces of a people among whom I 

 was bom and with whom I grew up. Practically every face recalled 

 youthful associations, and everj^ individual of the Mariveles group has 

 its counterpart among American Negros. 



The photographs of the Negritos from other parts of the Philippines 

 were likewise disposed upon a large table, replacing the Mariveles Negri- 

 tos; the familiar faces of the homeland vanished, but in their places 

 appeared the faces that one meets every day in Manila or In the prov- 

 inces, familiar Filipino types. A few of them still resemble the American 

 Negro ; this is particularly true of the Negritos of Isabela Province. 



These casual observations must be taken with reservations, because no 

 data can be given to substantiate them; but I believe they indicate a 

 close relationship between the Negrito of the Philippines and the African 

 Negro. 



ANTHKOPOLOGICAL TYPES ILLUSTRATED BY FDLL-LENGTH PHOTOGRAPHS. 

 Plate XIII. 



Plates XIII to XA^II represent the full figure of Negritos, and most 

 striking differences may be seen in the length of the lower extremities 

 of different individuals, and in different groups. The six Mariveles Ne- 

 gritos in Plate XIII have relatively long lower extremities; one is a 

 very taU Negrito, his stature being due to his great leg length.- This 

 man is as tall as the average European, judging from the photograph 

 taken by the side of Dean C. Worcester, who writes, "this is the tallest 

 Negrito man I have ever seen." 



