The racial anatomy of the Philippine Islanders : introducing new methods of anthropology and showing their application to the Filipinos with a classification of human ears and a scheme for the heredity of anatomical characters in man / by Robert Bennett Bean ... with nineteen illustrations reproduced from original photographs, seven figures.

  • Bean, Robert Bennett, 1874-1944.
Date:
1910
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Credit: The racial anatomy of the Philippine Islanders : introducing new methods of anthropology and showing their application to the Filipinos with a classification of human ears and a scheme for the heredity of anatomical characters in man / by Robert Bennett Bean ... with nineteen illustrations reproduced from original photographs, seven figures. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the groups with negroid ears appear to be dom- inant otherwise. This may be only the reflec- tion of the impregnation of the black by the white, not a real negro ratio, and each alter- nate group may represent the mulatto. So far the classification has worked well, but the men of Taytay and other groups of Fili- pinos necessitate other standards because their stature is not so great as that of the negroes and students and their cephalic index is dif- ferent. The same standard is used, however, to demonstrate differences that appear by the nonconformity of the Filipinos to the stand- ard set for the students and also used for the negroes. The Igorots and Men of Taytay Stature Tall Tall Tall Tall Head Dolicho Dolicho Nose Narrow Wide Wide No. of individuals, Tavtay. 1 0 0 0 No. of individuals, Igorot. 0 0 0 0 Stature Small Small Small Small Head Dolicho Dolicho Brachy Nose Narrow Wide Narrow Wide Blend No. of individuals, Taytay. 4 5 28 18 127 No. of individuals, Igorot . 5 34 3 12 50 The types of Filipinos are all small except for one man that conforms to a European type, but another method of classification as