204 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vow. XXXII. 
communication ” relating to his researches upon the races of Europe. 
A provisional classification is offered, subject to modification if 
necessary, as the investigation continues. This classification is 
based solely upon somatological characters at present. By taking 
three characters, as the cephalic index, stature, and color, and divid- 
ing each into three degrees, twenty-seven combinations are possible. 
Deniker’s researches demonstrate the existence of six clearly marked 
combinations and four of less prominence. He therefore divides 
the people of Europe into six principal and four secondary races. 
For convenience of reference, I have formulated the following table 
from his detailed descriptions : 
NAME CEPHALIC 
(as given by Deniker). COLORATION. INDEX. STATURE. 
1. Race Nordique Blond 72 to 78 1.72M Corresponding to the Ger- 
mani i 
2. Race Orientale Blond 82 to83 1.63 to 1.64 Includes the Bielorouses, 
certain Lithuanians, etc. 
3- Lbero-insulaire Brunette 74to75 1.61 to 1.62 Spanish Peninsula, Sar- 
dinia, Sicily, etc. 
4. Occidentale or 
Cévennole Brunette 85 to 87 1.63 to 1.64 The Celtic, Celto-ligurian, 
Celto-slave, or Alpine 
race of various anthro- 
pologists 
5. Race Littorale 
r Atlanto-mé- 
diterranéenne Brunette 79 to 80 1.66 Atlantic and Mediterra- 
nean coasts. 
6. Adriatique or 
Dinarique Brunette 85 to86 1.69 to 1.71 Extending with wre 
tions from Belgium 
Croatia. 
Prof. W. Z. Ripley, in his paper upon “The Aryan Question,” ' 
divides the races of Europe into three groups, according to their 
cephalic index and other physical characters. The Mediterranean 
and Teutonic types are derived from that paleolithic long-headed 
race which first occupied western Europe. Later a round-headed 
race of “decidedly Asiatic affinities” invaded the country. They 
are most nearly represented at the present time by the Alpine or 
Celtic type of central Europe. 
1 The Racial Geography of Europe. Appleton’s Pop. Sci. Mon., vol. lii, p. 304- 
