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and prominent canines. The skull being usually 

 dolichocephalic, the jaws are narrowed also, but 

 are not often prognathous. With highly civilized 

 and luxurious, or poorly nourished lower peoples, 

 the teeth are rather deteriorated in structure and 

 prone to caries. This is noted even in the skulls 

 of ancient Britons, Etruscans, and others, who 

 were more or less civilized and luxurious. The 



Fig. 84. — European (Caucasian) teeth. 



prehistoric ancestors of these people had teeth of 

 better structure than their descendants. The 

 Melanochroid, or dark races, include the dark 

 types of Europe, the Mediterranean people, the 

 Slavs, the Semitic branches, the ancient Egyp- 

 tians, the Persians, Hindoos, and other dark 

 Aryan races. They are usually brachycephalic, 

 with a round dental arch, and are microdonts, — 



