Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-11-02


Black and Yellow Still Operating.
Mans original color and the cause Of
the changes In that color 10 the VARIOUS
hues that mark the skins OF tue dlllel.
ent races have long been study
among men Of science.
The theory Of Professor Lionel Lyde.
an English scientist. Is that. whatever
the color OF primitive man IN the be-
ginning. the conditions Of life during
the glacial period were such that uni
formlty OF results must have been pro
duced Nearly every anthropoiOglst Is
ready 10 admit now common origin
for all mankind. Where man origi-
mated Il not known very likely In
southern Asia. possibly In Africa. Ger.
talnly not In Europe. they say. His
original color Is supposed to have been
a sort OF brownish yellow not Ike any
OF the colors Of mankind today. aud
scientists call him. for the sake Of
calling him something. a Condwana.
He lived In southern ATTITUDES, This
they think. Is certain. Then came
nllRfatlons, and then. Professor Lyde
believes. the variations Of color began.
Some turned white. some turned black,
some brown and some yellow. all &c.
cording to the climate IN which they
I found themselves.
Climate influences worked directly
and indirectly. In the tropics the skin
and the intestines perform work which
IN temperate zones IL thrown on the
lungs. So when man found himself In
cooler lands the Increased activity of
the lungs. together with the essened
light and heat. favored tightening OF
the skin. When he found himself In
hotter climates the Increased activity
OF the liver and the presence Of great
light favored dark skin.
The old theories OF race are pretty
well discarded. for men OF the same
race. under differing conditions. would |
come to be outwardly very different. |
Thus even in Africa which everybody |
thinks OF as the land Of blacks, black /
Is not AT all the universal color. In
the Sudan. where there are great light
and little humidity and no shade, the
men are very black Elsewhere In
Africa. where there are forest. more
and less light. though about
equal heat. the color Is brown and even
yellow.
As primitive man went on his way
over the globe he adapted himself TO
the conditions he found. Professor
Lyde thinks that II is light and not
heat which Is injurious. There are
N the tropics dangerous X-like rays ;
which must be stopped. and they were i
stopped by the darkening Of the skin
Since lack OF moisture also tends TO
rive tawny color. II Is found that in I,
Amy countries the people are fairer !
han I'm places where there are long /
md frequent droughts. q
The race, then, that found n home In a
and damp climates turned {
yhlter and whittier. II IL only In such v
Inmates that white skins can endure. o
nd presumably. II the present white =
ace was turned into a different part
I tho world for many hundreds OF
ears, the Wilderness Of skin would 4,
be lost Perhaps. since the la
-hte man Is spreading over the world s.
,-day. II would he fair to say II viii. 81
! such cases, be lost. the wilderness 81
cling retained only In climates that q
ave the conditions under which the !,
ice was first bleached ~
Intensity OF light aud little humidity n
ado black. Trade winds aud little fr
imldlty gave the tinge OF brown 10 lie
% subtropical Mediterranean people 81
hen comes yellow. which Professor "a
rde puts down as the result Of "vast =,
'srcatlng grass lands" In intemper-
e attitudes.
The yellow man Is the product OF m
q grass lands. with lack OF humidity h
u seasonal extremes of temperature
he color man exposed TO such con
lions would naturally take would be sh
Q which conserves heat nearly as "a
~ as white. but which also protects
pm light. for which combination vel
" was the best. or red. The nor, r.
u color OF these folk Of the grass
Ids would be changed by special
al conditions, such as the presence ~
mountains or proximity TO the sea. no
= mountaineers OF Asia and the cr
iritime Mongolians are lighter in w'
or than their brothers OF the inland ben
ins. r,c
70 Professor Lyde. therefore. skin M
or Is entirely a matter OF climate. /"
~ well established phenomenon I'D
v because the different portions OF e
human race lived segregated FOR da'
usands OF years In special areas, lon
the same forces that made men do'
tie and black and yellow are oper- To
rs today, slowly. but surely. Men sta
0 change their dwelling places will aud
!. after hundreds Of generations. up
nge also their skins as they did IN I
epoch OF the first migrations.--New ~
K Times
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