The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-23
TIE RACES OF MANKIND.
There Arc seventy-two Of Them Existing
Nou-AlI Came from Asia.


NJ. de Quatrefages, the leading French
ethnologist, in presenting the second
mart OF his introduction to the Study OF
the Human Races" to the Academy OF
Sciences. has given an interesting sum
mary of his general conclusions with re-
gard TO the origin and distribution OF
mankind.
Neglecting the minor differences, he
estimates that there are no fewer than
seventy-two distinct races in the human
species. All these descend or branch OIL
from three fundamental types - the
black. the yellow and the white-which
had their origin nc the great central mass
of northern Asia. which is thus the era
die Of mankind Representatives Of these
different types and the races which
sprang from them are still to be found
there.
The whites. according to VI. de Quatre
FACES. appear to have originated on the
west of the central mass. the FELLOWS on
the north and the blacks on the south
The whites extended westward and
uorthward. giving birth to three second
airy types. the Finnish. the Semitic and
the Aryan. if we except the Allophyl les,
which form a separate group. Their
area Of distribution is continuous. as Is
that Of the yellows. because Of the extern
sive land surface Of the Eurasian CONT
nent. The yelows spread eastward and
crossed into America The whites and
vellows checked or blended with each
other. producing many varieties of man
The blacks. or negro type. which original
ed ON the south Of the central mass, was
forced by the nature of the continent
and probably by the attacks of the
whites and yelows to go south into Ar
RIGA and east into the Indian archipelago
or Melanesia.
The proto-Semites arrested their dis
tribution IN the north Of Africa, and the
mixture ~ the two races gave rise 10 the
uegroid populations. In the center and
south u Africa the blacks continued in
their ethnic purity until the infiltration
u other races from Europe and the north
IF Africa in modern times. Those which
remained in their original home became
blended with the whites and yellows,
giving rise 10 the dravidian populations
which pass by shades into the three fun
damental types.
As for the Allophyles, represented by
.ho r..o If ro-AfagrOn fhev Occunipd
parts Of Europe and north Africa, from
which they extended to the Canaries
The three fundamental types also found
themselves in Oceania; the Allophylian
whites occupying Polynesia. the blacks
Melanesia the yellows MALAYSIA. The lat
ter were. accordn. to VI. de Quatrefages.
the last TO come into the maritime world.
The peopling Of America dates from
the quaternary period, and is due to mi
grations of different types-Allophylic
white and yellow. blending with the local
quaternary races. which also belonged TO
the yellow type Europe. since the ter
tiary ages. has received only Allophylian
whites. Firms and Aryans. The number
Of races now existing in pure state is
exceedingly restricted. il, indeed, there
is a single one which can be accepted as
such. Perhaps some little groups. pro
iected by their isolation, such as the
Mincopies. may show an identity of char
acters attesting their ethnic homogeneity.
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