Eugenics in race and state.

  • International Congress of Eugenics 1921 : American Museum of Natural History)
Date:
1923
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: Eugenics in race and state. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    33/534 (page 17)
    NOTES ON THE BODY PORM OF MAN 17 action of the spinalis musculature. The result is a shortened torso and relatively long legs. The great muscular development of the trunk in the negro may be explained in part by the same conditions; all due to the attempt on the part of the negro to maintain the erect posture. Figure 3 Left. Mangyan of Mindoro having negrito blood, of the hyperphylomorph type (modified) with long legs. Center, Mangyan of Mindoro of the mesophylomorph type with medium legs. Resembles American Indian. Right. Hongot (Tgorot) of Luzon of the H)^ophylomorph type with short legs. Resembles Japanese.