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There is blending of one chara<;ter-coni]il('.\ with another, but tliis 

 i)lcncling ])robal)ly does not talce place at ourr upon crossing two ex- 

 tremely dii?erent character-complexes such as the liierian and Negrito, 

 but results in the reappearance of one or the other character-complex 

 in pure form as shown in tigure 8, Plate I, where the true Iberian is 

 obscured by having kinky liair and dark skin. 



From this follows the second conclusion, which is that the kinky 

 hair is dominant to the straight hair when the cross takes place among 

 the Negritos, therefore a character-complex may be obscured by the kinky 

 hair, so that an otherwise pure Iberian may ajipear to be a Negrito 

 because of the character of the latter characteristic. 



The Negritos of Mariveles Mountain appear to be the purest Negritos 

 in the Philippine Islands, judging from the photographs. All other 

 groups of Negritos are n^ore like the surrounding population. Therefore, 

 the Negritos of Mariveles should represent the fundamental Negrito 

 type, and,- as they are largely Australoid, the fundamental type of the 

 Negritos should be Australoid. However, the Australoid is composed 

 of the Primitive and Iberian types which have fused in a disharmonie 

 manner, foiTning a mosaic. Modiiied Primitive and Modified Iberian 

 Negritos are also found in the Mariveles group.' The women are more 

 Primitive than the men, who are more Iberian and Australoid than the 

 women. The Primitive and Iberian characteristics of the Mariveles Ne- 

 gritos are of such a nature that they should be considered as remnants 

 of the fusion which must have progressed for many centuries or even 

 thousands of years to have produced so homogeneous a blend. 



May it be presumed that the Primitive and Iberian types conjoined 

 in prehistoric times at some place in eastern Asia or near by, and 

 by fusion produced the Negrito ? From this union innumerable offshoots 

 have sprung in southern Asia, in the islands bordering that' region, 

 and also in Africa. The Primitive type remains pure in parts of the 

 East, and the Iberian in Europe. If this hj'pothesis be untrue, the 

 reverse of it should be considered : The Negrito forms the basic stock 

 of all humanity, and the Iberian of Europe on the one side and the 

 Primitive of the Orient on the other are derivatives.- If neither hypo- 

 thesis be ivorkahle, then the Negrito of Mariveles has Primitive and 

 Iberian characteristics ingrafted from without. Whatever may be the 

 cause of the condition, there are three types found among the Negritos: 

 the Australoid, the Primitive, and the Iberian; and these three types are 

 found also among all the other peoples of the Philippines wherever I 

 have examined them. The Primitive and the Australoid types, and 

 doubtless the Iberian, are found in all the islands of the Pacitic where 

 search has been made and careful analysis of the people has followed. 



The more profound the study of mankind, the more profound becomes 

 the impression that the Primitive and Iberian are two fundamental types. 



