Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-07-20
The North Mediterranean.
Branch of the White Race-The Fuscaric.
Aryac and Caucasic Stocks

the white race has been by some desig
mated the Japhetic; but there Seems
now TO be no characterization evidenc,
to the contrary is abundant-of these
nations beng descendants of the myth
zeal lapetus or Japhet. The Meditel,
rahean sea was formed at about tn,
time of the iiXation of traits, or before.
ana the peoples north of that dividing
line developed into separate stocks.
with languages differing more widely
from those of the southern branch than
from each other. These peoples mi
grated eastward, and later divided
forming three distinct stocks, the Eus-
carrie, the Aryac, and the Caucasic.
The Euscaric stock
at present contains but one group of
peoples, the Basques. who dwell in the
Pyrenees on the borders of both Span
ish and French frontiers. There is.
however, considerable evidence going
to show that they anciently occupied
the southern portions of France. por-
tons of Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily
and the southern tracts of of England.
Many believe that the ancient AQuitan-
ianS, Ligurians, PictS and Cantabrians
were of this stock. as well as the pre-
Aryac tribes of Greece"
They are dark types of the white
race with peculiarly shaped skulls, en-
longated posteriorly. The face is oval
and the chin pointed and weak. "The
general aspect of the Basque Uranium
conveys the impression of feeble char
acter, and such their history shows
them TO have been. They have never
contributed anything to advance the
race, and from their earliest appearance
they have been retiring before the pres
sure OF sturdier nationaIties. They do
not now number over 100000 people.
and they will soon be merged into the
neighboring Spanish and French
people"
The Aryac stock
If peoples and languages has been
llso called the Indo European, the
ndo-Germanic and the Celt-Indic. II
the principal nations of Eu-
ope, and in Asia the Armenians, Per-
idns, and Hindostanees.
As to the origin of the Aryans, Dr.
'rlnton says: mo photographic ques- =
ION of late years has led to keener dis !,
ussion than the origin and ailnties Of
lese peoples. The theory derived
'om the Hebrew myth of the deluge, =,
lat they migrated into Europe from y
STA, was long accepted without ques- ~,
on, and seemed to be strengthened bv .,
he the discovery that Sanscrit, the
assical language OF India, and Zend. -,
lie ancient tongue of Persia, are re- :.
ted to Greek, Latin and German. =,
ut reflection and extended observation -.
TO other results. 1t was perceived o.
at the majority of the Aryac peoples >,
Id lived in Europe from the remotest
'toric times, and only small miner
- an
IN Asia; that some Aryac tongues :,
Europe retain more ancient forms
Ga either Sanscrt or Zend; that the -,
lest traditions are supported by In -
IN Aryans, who distinctly claim that "
cir ancestors migrated from the north
% India, and by the Persians, whose
cred book, the Avesta. declares they CIV
re not original owners of the Iran. VIZ
d, finally, by an examination of the iio
S OF prehistoric Europeans, and an ''''
laustive analysis of words common VIC
all the dialects of Aryac speech. ~
lch indicate that the ancestral tribe NV
st have lived in geographic sur 'i''
ndings not to be found in the Aryac
tricts of Asia. but answering in all ~ are
hts to the regions of central or W.
stern Europe" The evidence in mia
or Of this theory has gradually ac- No
nulated during the last half centur, tior
now ITS adherents include nearly all
leading naturalists and anthropolo. INC, III.
S of both Europe and America. trih
he Aryac physical types include the Kun
lde and brunette, and it is probable VINO
the stock was originally formed O"'
he mixture of blonde and brunette ~
pies with preponderance of the brar
'r. The skulls are variable, some regi
, and some short. The stature is seVe
quite variable. uui
language the Aryac tongues are for {
cted; and the grammatical construc- and
OF these languages shows them to ne
the highest degree of linguistic whit
1tion. The fact that many linguis- show
cots run through all the Aryac Ian tied
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