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i.e., small-toothed, — as are also the Xanthocroids, 

 but the latter are more properly mesodonts, — i.e., 

 of intermediate size. The teeth are small, of fine 

 shape, closely set in a round and graceful arch, 

 of medium color, and rather better organized 

 than those of the light races. The deleterious in- 

 fluence of the luxuries and vices of civilization of 

 course affects them, but among the wilder and 

 stronger branches of the dark race the teeth are 



Fig. 85. — Occlusal view of European (Caucasian) teeth. 



strong and fine. One peculiarity of this type is 

 the tritubercular upper molar which is prone to 

 appear in the Latin races. 



The light and dark races of Europe are so in- 

 terminably intermixed that the ethnic features of 

 all kinds are much confused. In this confusion, 

 the racial characteristics of the teeth have been 

 practically lost beyond identification. The inter- 

 marriage of races has resulted in the teeth par- 



