. The history of mankind . elements. Thus, without speaking of the dark raceseverywhere as a primitive population, we may at least denote them as probablythe older. In the colour of the skin dark tints prevail without quite reaching the depth ofmuch Negro colouring. The nearest to this, perhaps, is the colour of manySolomon Islanders ; manifold admixtures of lighter elements are the cause of thefrequency of various shading. In Western Fiji, in the New Hebrides, Malicollo,and New Britain, the dolichocephalic form of skull prevails. The dark crisp-hairedpopulation of negroid exterior in the Mala
. The history of mankind . elements. Thus, without speaking of the dark raceseverywhere as a primitive population, we may at least denote them as probablythe older. In the colour of the skin dark tints prevail without quite reaching the depth ofmuch Negro colouring. The nearest to this, perhaps, is the colour of manySolomon Islanders ; manifold admixtures of lighter elements are the cause of thefrequency of various shading. In Western Fiji, in the New Hebrides, Malicollo,and New Britain, the dolichocephalic form of skull prevails. The dark crisp-hairedpopulation of negroid exterior in the Malayan Archipelago and New Guineaare said to be brachycephalic, as are the so-called Mincopies of the to Krauser the Fijian skull is highly prognathous. At one time it wasalleged that their hair grew in tufts, in which it was sought to find a distinctionfrom the African Negro ; now it has been discovered that the hair is distributedpretty evenly over the scalp, and only assumes the tufted appearance when it. New Guinea girl. (From a Photograph in the possession of Herr W. Joost, Berlin.) becomes long. Individual hairs are coarse, wiry, and of elliptical section ; on theface and body the hair seems to be stronger than in Negroes. The frequent occurrence of small individuals is a curious feature in the negroidpopulation of the Indo-Malayan region. In many tribes they form a decidedmajority, and are clearly distinguished from the others. The average height ofthe Papuas of New Guinea and the neighbouring islands is between 5 feet 5 inchesand 5 feet 8 inches. The Fijians even, especially in the upper classes, are oftentaller than the whites ; on the other hand, for the Andaman Islanders the standardis from 4 feet 6 inches to 5 feet; for the Negritos the average is 5 feet. Themeasurement among the Kanjhars of South India is for men 5 feet 1 inch to5 feet 3 inches ; the Veddahs of Ceylon 4 feet 9 inches to 4 feet 11 inches ; thePaliars of Travancore about 5 feet 3 inch
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