Mountains, and Asia immediately east of the Ural Mountains; this division has been called the Eur-Asian. Geographic terms are most conveniently used in this nomenclature because they give a definite sense of location. When we further examine the Eur-African, or long-headed European peoples, we find that those in the northwestern portion of Europe are blond, while the long-headed peoples living by the Mediterranean basin are dark. A similar study of the round-headed or EurAsian peoples of Europe reveals the fact that those inhabiting the Alpine region are relatively dark, while the inhabitants of the Danubean region and the northern slopes of the Alps are of lighter complexion shading into the coloring of the Baltic population. In accordance with this system of classification, the population of Europe is divided by Giddings into the following racial types:

I. THE EUR-AFRICAN RACE (relatively long-headed, blond to dark complexion).

1. The Baltic Race.10

Characteristics: light blond type, very light hair and blue eyes, long head and face, tall stature, narrow aquiline nose.

Area of distribution: the section of northwestern

Europe near the Baltic Sea, the general area inhabited by the Teutonic peoples.

2. The Mediterranean Race.10

Characteristics: brunette type, hair dark brown or black and eyes dark, head and face long, medium and slender stature, rather broad nose. Area of distribution: in southern Europe south of

10 See figure 71.

the Pyrenees, along the southern coast of France and Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia. (The Baltic race of Giddings is the same as the Teutonic race of Ripley, and both Ripley and Giddings use the term Mediterranean to designate the dark long-headed race of southern Europe.11)

Some authorities regard the Mediterranean race as the living representative of the most ancient peoples of Europe.12 The population of Europe in the early and late stone ages was long-headed. The substratum of paleolithic and neolithic remains indicates that there existed an ancient dolichocephalic race widely distributed over Europe. There was There was the short-statured Neanderthal race and the taller and more finely molded Cro-Magnon race. Specialists have identified many other varieties, but all skull remains point to the existence of this early race with long heads.

II. THE EUR-ASIAN RACE (relatively round-headed). 1. The Alpine Race."

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Characteristics: chestnut hair with hazel gray eye, round head and broad face, medium stocky stature, and variable but rather broad, heavy nose. (A type intermediate between the Baltic and the Mediterranean.) Its peculiarities appear most frequently when the type is found in greatest purity, isolated in a mountain area. The ancient Alpine race may have been exterminated in the lowlands and the rem

11 For description of these racial types, see Ripley, The Races of Europe, pp. 120-130.

op. cit., pp. 461-465.

71.

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the Pyrenees, along the southern coast of France and Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia. (The Baltic race of Giddings is the same as the Teutonic race of Ripley, and both Ripley and Giddings use the term Mediterranean to designate the dark long-headed race of southern Europe.")

Some authorities regard the Mediterranean race as the living representative of the most ancient peoples of Europe.12 The population of Europe in the early and late stone ages was long-headed. The substratum of paleolithic and neolithic remains indicates that there existed an ancient dolichocephalic race widely distributed over Europe. There was the short-statured Neanderthal race and the taller and more finely molded Cro-Magnon race. Specialists have identified many other varieties, but all skull remains point to the existence of this early race with long heads.

II. THE EUR-ASIAN RACE (relatively round-headed). 1. The Alpine Race.13

Characteristics: chestnut hair with hazel gray eye, round head and broad face, medium stocky stature, and variable but rather broad, heavy nose. (A type intermediate between the Baltic and the Mediterranean.) Its peculiarities appear most frequently when the type is found in greatest purity, isolated in a mountain area. The ancient Alpine race may have been exterminated in the lowlands and the rem

11 For description of these racial types, see Ripley, The Races of Europe, pp. 120-130.

12 Ripley, op. cit., pp. 461-465.

13 See figure 71.