Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . of mankind has apparently taken itsrise. In general, the Melanesian islandsare peopled with races de- origin andrived from this source. New ^^SSi-Guinea has drawn its pop- from this Papuan stock, and hastaken their name as the modern designa-tion of the island. Traces of the samerace have been followed to the eastand south as far as the Fiji islands,where the migratory movement seemsto have terminat
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . of mankind has apparently taken itsrise. In general, the Melanesian islandsare peopled with races de- origin andrived from this source. New ^^SSi-Guinea has drawn its pop- from this Papuan stock, and hastaken their name as the modern designa-tion of the island. Traces of the samerace have been followed to the eastand south as far as the Fiji islands,where the migratory movement seemsto have terminated. In short, through-out Melanesia the Papuan lines have >/(<//<?»/- \r&s«ft BUI. PAPUAN TYPi S—MALE AND FEMALE HEADS.—Drawn by E. Maples. widely spread tribes, point likewise to acommon descent from a single ethnicbranch of the human family. It will bethe aim in a subsequent part of the pres-ent work to give an account of the man-ners and customs of these native races,and to outline the institutional forms ofwhich their savage state has shown sometraces and beginnings. From the main line of pre-Australianmigration a secondary ethnic develop-ment has apparently occurred in thearchipelago lying north of this origin the Papuan division carried peoples of this stock north,south, east, and west, as far even as thecoast of Japan, and Avestward to theAndaman s. Southern Borneo and a great part otSumatra have felt the like influenceamong their aborigines,. „ .. , & ° Geographical and nearly all of the islands limitations of 1 . .. Tii the race. between Australia and thecoast of China are infected with thesame blood and derivation. The south-ern l
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