That part of Anthropology which concerns itself with races
and their sub-divisions is called Ethnology.[3] This science is yet in
its early development on account of its complete novelty, and is very
complex since types of men are very numerous and often very difficult to
differentiate.
=The Races.=--The principal races are:
1.--The White race, which inhabits Europe, the north of Africa,
and western Asia.
2.--The Yellow race in eastern Asia to which belong the Chinese,
the Mongols, Turks, and Hungarians, who invaded Europe as
conquerors. They have yellow skin, small regular eyes, prominent
cheek-bones, and thin beard.
3.--The Black race, in central Africa. These are the Negroes, of
black skin, flat nose, woolly hair.
4.--The Red race, in America. These are the Indians, with
copper-colored skin and flat heads.
=Civilized Peoples.=--Almost all civilized peoples belong to the white
race. The peoples of the other races have remained savage or
barbarian, like the men of prehistoric times.[4]
It is within the limits of Asia and Africa that the first civilized
peoples had their development--the Egyptians in the Nile valley, the
Chaldeans in the plain of the Euphrates.
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