. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . ed and almost necessaryas a deduction from our existingknowledge, we should not over-look certain facts upon whichthe opposing theory is the strongest consider-ation supporting the latter view is thatFacts tending of the diversity in theskul
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . ed and almost necessaryas a deduction from our existingknowledge, we should not over-look certain facts upon whichthe opposing theory is the strongest consider-ation supporting the latter view is thatFacts tending of the diversity in theskull formation of thetwo peoples under consid-eration. The Esquimaux are a long-skull and the Tinnehs a short-skull is claimed that among the former thedolichocephalic character is as stronglydeveloped as among any other peopleof the world. The Tinneh tribes, onthe contrary, are at most mesocephalic,or middle-headed, with a strong tend-ency toward the brachycephalic, or short-head, type. The diversity in charac-ter is admitted—as all facts are admit-ted by every candid inquirer. But thequestion is whether the deduction of atotally diverse race origin for the two 30 peoples under consideration is warrantedby the facts. In deciding a question of this kindwe should take into view the habits ofthe races considered; also, the length. ALASKAN CHIEF KAMI L—TYPE. to support op-posing argii-ment. of time during which the forces of theenvironment have been playing uponthem. We have seen the Effects of habitStrict limitation of the Es- may determine. 1 , • ethnic traits. quimaux to the arcticroast. No race was ever more distinctlyand emphatically Orarian. If we admitthat certain occult conditions peculiar tothis manner of life, influencing the racesubject thereto for a thousand years ormore, are sufficient to set up a dolicho-cephalic, or long-head, tendency in thedevelopment of the race, then the pres-ence of this strongly marked character-istic in the Esquimaux is easy of ex-
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