. Europe and other continents . ith the other races. In their original homethe negroes are savages, or barbarians of low type. The native Australians (Fig. 55), the Papuans of NewGuinea, the Negritos of the Philippines, and the blacks on some other islands in thatpart of the world resemblethe negroes most closely,though differing fromthem in some importantrespects. They areshorter, for example, theirhair is less woolly, theirnoses straighter, and theirlips less thick. American Indians.—A second great divisionof the human race is thatof the red men or Ameri-can Indians, often calledthe red race
. Europe and other continents . ith the other races. In their original homethe negroes are savages, or barbarians of low type. The native Australians (Fig. 55), the Papuans of NewGuinea, the Negritos of the Philippines, and the blacks on some other islands in thatpart of the world resemblethe negroes most closely,though differing fromthem in some importantrespects. They areshorter, for example, theirhair is less woolly, theirnoses straighter, and theirlips less thick. American Indians.—A second great divisionof the human race is thatof the red men or Ameri-can Indians, often calledthe red race. It is thesmallest of the fourgroups, numbering about twenty-two million. Thesepeople, who in some respects resemble the Mongolians(p. 73), were in possession of both North and SouthAmerica when Columbus discovered America. Theywere, however, divided into many tribes. While theIndians have been largely displaced by white men, many,especially in the tropics (Figs. 56, 61, and pp. 107-109),are still living in the savage Fig. native of New South Wales, Australia. THE HUMAN RACE 73 They are distinguished by a copper-colored skin, promi-nent cheek bones, black eyes, and long, coarse black discoveredmany were sav-ages, while othershad risen to thestage of barbar-ism. In fact, theAztecs of NorthAmerica and theIncas of SouthAmerica had evendeveloped someof the arts of civ-ilization (p. 109). Mongolians. —The third divi-sion, the Mongo-lian or yellow race,numbering aboutfive hundred and forty million, are typically Asiaticpeople, the greater number being found in Asia and theislands of the Pacific (Fig. 60). Some, as the Finns,Lapps, and Turks, have settled in Europe, while theEskimos have spread eastward along the shores of ArcticAmerica. The Mongolians, typically represented by the Chineseand Japanese (Figs. 57 and 68), have a yellowish and insome cases even a white skin, prominent cheek bones, smalloblique eyes, a small nose, and long, coarse black
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