Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . tions. And this permanenceof type may more or less remain when the race migratesfar from its early home, as when African negroes arecarried into America, or Israelites naturalize themselvesfrom Archangel to Singapore. Where marked change hastaken place in the appearance of a nation, the cause of thischange must be sought in intermarriage with foreigners, oraltered conditions of life, or both. The result of intermarriage or crossing of races is familiarto all English people in one of its most conspicuous examples,the cross bet
Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . tions. And this permanenceof type may more or less remain when the race migratesfar from its early home, as when African negroes arecarried into America, or Israelites naturalize themselvesfrom Archangel to Singapore. Where marked change hastaken place in the appearance of a nation, the cause of thischange must be sought in intermarriage with foreigners, oraltered conditions of life, or both. The result of intermarriage or crossing of races is familiarto all English people in one of its most conspicuous examples,the cross between white and negro called mulatto (Spanishluulato, from mula^ a mule). The mulatto complexion and III.] RACES OF MANKIND. 8i hair are intermediate between those of the parents, andnew intermediate grades of complexion appear in thechildren of white and mulatto, called quadroon or quarter-blood (Spanish amrteron), and so on ; on the other hand, thedescendants of negro and mulatto, called sambo (Spanishzai?ibd) return towards the full negro type. This intermediate. Fig. 20.—Malay Mother and Half-caste Daughters. character is the general nature of crossed races, but withmore or less tendency to revert to one or other of the parenttypes. To illustrate this, Fig. 20 gives the portrait of aMalay mother and her half-caste daughters, the father beinga Spaniard ; here, while all the children show their mixedrace, it is sometimes the European and sometimes the 82 ANTHROPOLOGY. [chap. Malay cast of features that prevails. The effect of mixtureis also traceable in the hair, as may often be well noticed ina mulattos crimped, curly locks, between the straighterEuropean and the woolly African kind. The Cafusos ofBrazil, a peculiar cross between the native tribes of the landand the imported negro slaves, are remarkable for tlieir hair,which rises in a curly mass, forming a natural periwig whichobliges the wearers to stoop low in passing through their hutdoors. This is seen in the portrait
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