Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . \.. -^>^ .>).. Fig. 23.—Andaman Islanders. negro, they are unlike him in having skulls not narrow, butbroad and rounded, nor have they lips so full, a nose so wide,or jaws so projecting as his. It has occurred to anatomists,and the opinion has been strengthened by Flowers studyof their skulls, that the Andaman tribes may be a remnantof a very early human stock, perh:ips the best representa- III.] RACES OF MANKIND. 89 tives of the primitive negro type which has since altered invarious points in its spread over its wide d
Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . \.. -^>^ .>).. Fig. 23.—Andaman Islanders. negro, they are unlike him in having skulls not narrow, butbroad and rounded, nor have they lips so full, a nose so wide,or jaws so projecting as his. It has occurred to anatomists,and the opinion has been strengthened by Flowers studyof their skulls, that the Andaman tribes may be a remnantof a very early human stock, perh:ips the best representa- III.] RACES OF MANKIND. 89 tives of the primitive negro type which has since altered invarious points in its spread over its wide district of theworld. The African negro race, with its special marks ofnarrow skull, projecting jaws, black-brown skin, wooliyhair, flattened nose, full and out-turned lips, has already-been here described (see pages 61 to 67). Its typeperhaps shows itself most perfectly in the nations nearthe equator, as in Guinea, but it spreads far and wideover the continent, shading off by crossing with lightercoloured races on its borders, such as the Berbers in thenorth, and the Arabs on the ea
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