Chapter 29

Makirifares,553Makua,464Malayalim,411Malays,44,47,59,63,80,83,85,87,99,107,137,288,493,497Mampursi,447Manchus,374Mandingans,447,448Mangars,415Mangbattus,440Manyuema,465Maoris,503Maricopas,532Maronites,423Masai,440Mashona,466Matrimonial customs, loan of wife, real and simulated abduction, marriage by capture, duration of union, etc.,237–239Mayas,539Maypures,556Melanesians,46,59,63,80,83,85,87,99,107,137,288,493,497Melanism,51Melanochroids,291Melkits,423Metal age in Europe,314–316Metouali,423Miao-tse,381Micronesians,504Minkopis,397Minnetaris,529Miranhas,560Mixes,538Miztecs,538Modesty, conventionality of,170Mohaves,533Mohicans,526Mois,392Money, primitive standards of exchange, beads, cocoa-seed, cakes of tea, cowries, origin of modern money, etc.,271–274Mongo,463Mongols,38,41,44,46,49,77,80,82,87,99,112,164,241,293,365,379Monogenesis and polygenesis,7Mons or Talaing,393Moors,434Moquis,524Morality of the uncivilised, its utilitarian basis,251–252Morioris,503Moros,491Moscos,541Mossi,447Mosso,382Muskhogis,528Mycenian civilisation,315Myths, their intermediate position between science, poetry, and religion,222Nagas,45,395Nahuas,546Nahuquas,553Nairs,415Nasal index,63–64Natchez,528Navigation,  methods of—rafts, canoes, etc.,278–279Nazareans,423Negrilloes,454Negritoes,482,490Negroes,63,67,80,83,89,91,96,98,107,117,135,186,220,288Nepalese,415Nestorians,423Nevajos,525Niam-Niams,47,147,440Nias,216,240Nicobarese,396Niquirans,536Nubians,436Nuers,445Odour of Negroes, Chinese, etc.,109Ojibwas,526Olchas,373Old men, the fate of, in primitive societies, their voluntary suicide, etc.,242Omahas,530Oneidas,527Onondagas,527Oraons,410Orbital index,61–63Orochons,374Oroks,374Osages,530Ossets,111,356,421Otomis,537Ottawas,527Paharias,415Pai-pi-bri,451Palæ-American sub-race,292,512Palenbangs,489Palkhpuluk,415Pampeans,571Panos,559Papajos,535Papuans,483,484,493–497Parsis,419,420Pashtu,420Passumahs,489Patagonians,574Pawnees,530Pelvic index,84Pepo-hoan,391Persians,419Peruvians,67,85Physiological characters, functions of nutrition and assimilation, respiration and circulation, reproduction, etc.,105–120Pictography,137–140Pigmentation, race variations of,46; ten principal shades of colour of skin,47; pigmentation of the iris,48; three fundamental shades of the iris,49; colour of the eye in different races,49; colouring of the hair,49; four principal shades,49; pigmentation at birth,50; absence of pigment,51Pigmies,455Pimas,535Pithecanthropus erectus,360Politeness, rules of.—“Exchanging blood,” salutations, etc.,254–255Polyandry,235Polygamy and monogamy, the patriarchate,237Polymorphism,5Polynesians,47,63,85,87,91,112,204,206,500Ponkas,530Pottery-making, modelling, moulding, and coiling methods of,154,155Prehistoric “finds” in Africa,427; in Oceania,475Promiscuity,231Property, systems under which held, collective, family, individual,245–247Psychological and Pathological characters,121Quaternary age in Europe,301Quaternary human remains in Europe,309Quaternary man in Asia,361Quechuas,547Race, in what manner term applied,8Rejangs,489Religion—animism, fetichism, worship of natural objects and phenomena, religion and morality, rites and ceremonies, priesthoods,214–223Respiration among uncivilised peoples and among Europeans,108Right and justice, the power of taboo, vendetta, ordeals, oath-taking, extra-legal judges, etc.,252–254Russians,111,167,344Sakai,397Sakalavas,470Salishans,532Samarai,495Samoans,504Santals (Sonthals),114,409Sartes,376,419Savaras (Saoras),409Scandinavians,47,186,220,228Scapular index,85Sciences, primitive—knowledge of numbers, calculation of time, calendars and clocks, geography and cartography,223–228Selungs,396Senecas,527Sexes, relation of, before marriage,229Shans,401Shawnees,526Shield, evolution of the,266–269Shiluks,445Shuvashes,376Siamese,402Sikanese,492Singhalese,416Siouans,528Skeleton of trunk and limbs, differentiative racial characters of,83,93Skin, structure of the,34; differences according to race,36Skull, comparison of human skull and that of anthropoid apes,18,19Slavs,59,323,343Social groups, stages of, conditions of progress of, classification of “states of civilisation,”123–127Social organisation, under group marriage, totemism, clan rule,247–248Somalis,438Somatological units,3Soninké,449Sonoran-Aztecs,535Sonrhays,447Sonthals,114,409Spaniols,425Species, what constitutes,5–8Spine, curvature of, in theCercopithecidæ, in the anthropoid apes, in man,13,14Staff messages,135“States of civilisation,” classification of,127Stature, variations of, at birth,25; average heights of different populations,25; limits of stature, giantism, dwarfism,27–31; influence of environment on stature,31,32; stature of men and women compared,33Steatopygia,93Stone and metal ages in Asia,362–365Sundanese,489Swazi,465Syrians,423Taboo,252Tagals,491Tails, pretended existence of men with,95Tajiks,419Takhtaji,423Takullies,524Talamancas,545Tamils,411Taranchi,375Tarascos,537Tasmanians,482Tatars,367,375,376Tecunas,561Teguments, in man and apes,22Tehuelches,574Teleuts,375Telingas,411Tenggerese,496Tent, origin and development of,163,164Territorial organisation,249Tertiary man in Europe,300Thai,76,400Thibetans,43,380,381Thos-Muong,401Tinné,524Tlinkits,110,292,532Todas,411Toes and fingers of man and of anthropoid apes,20,21Tombo,447Tonga,465Tools of primitive industry, methods of making stone implements, etc.,184–188Totonacs,536,537Toucouleur,450Transport and means of communication—primitive vehicles, sledges, chariots, etc.,275–277Trumai,566Trunk and limbs of living subject, racial characters of,93Tsimshians,532Tuaregs,434Tubas,444Tula Dariens,549Tulus,411Tunguses,246,373Tupi-Guarani,562,567Turkomans,376Turks,59,293,365,377Tyrolese,59Tziam,394Ugrians,293,365,521Ulvas,541United States, white population of,508Uzbegs,376Veddahs,85,87,91,145,157,159,270,417Vei,449Wagogo,464Wahabits,423Wakamba,464Wakguro,464Wambutti,454Wapokompo,464Wataita,464Weapons of offence and defence, clubs, missile weapons, boomerangs, the bow and arrow, methods of arrow release, shields, protective armour,257–269Wichitas,530Yakuts,375Yamas,554Yasafzais,420Yeniseians or Tubas,366Yeshkhun,413Yezides,423Yolofs,450Yorubas,453Yukagirs,370Yumas,533Zaparos,561Zapotecs,537Zoques,538Zulus,465Zuñis,155,225,534

Makirifares,553

Makua,464

Malayalim,411

Malays,44,47,59,63,80,83,85,87,99,107,137,288,493,497

Mampursi,447

Manchus,374

Mandingans,447,448

Mangars,415

Mangbattus,440

Manyuema,465

Maoris,503

Maricopas,532

Maronites,423

Masai,440

Mashona,466

Matrimonial customs, loan of wife, real and simulated abduction, marriage by capture, duration of union, etc.,237–239

Mayas,539

Maypures,556

Melanesians,46,59,63,80,83,85,87,99,107,137,288,493,497

Melanism,51

Melanochroids,291

Melkits,423

Metal age in Europe,314–316

Metouali,423

Miao-tse,381

Micronesians,504

Minkopis,397

Minnetaris,529

Miranhas,560

Mixes,538

Miztecs,538

Modesty, conventionality of,170

Mohaves,533

Mohicans,526

Mois,392

Money, primitive standards of exchange, beads, cocoa-seed, cakes of tea, cowries, origin of modern money, etc.,271–274

Mongo,463

Mongols,38,41,44,46,49,77,80,82,87,99,112,164,241,293,365,379

Monogenesis and polygenesis,7

Mons or Talaing,393

Moors,434

Moquis,524

Morality of the uncivilised, its utilitarian basis,251–252

Morioris,503

Moros,491

Moscos,541

Mossi,447

Mosso,382

Muskhogis,528

Mycenian civilisation,315

Myths, their intermediate position between science, poetry, and religion,222

Nagas,45,395

Nahuas,546

Nahuquas,553

Nairs,415

Nasal index,63–64

Natchez,528

Navigation,  methods of—rafts, canoes, etc.,278–279

Nazareans,423

Negrilloes,454

Negritoes,482,490

Negroes,63,67,80,83,89,91,96,98,107,117,135,186,220,288

Nepalese,415

Nestorians,423

Nevajos,525

Niam-Niams,47,147,440

Nias,216,240

Nicobarese,396

Niquirans,536

Nubians,436

Nuers,445

Odour of Negroes, Chinese, etc.,109

Ojibwas,526

Olchas,373

Old men, the fate of, in primitive societies, their voluntary suicide, etc.,242

Omahas,530

Oneidas,527

Onondagas,527

Oraons,410

Orbital index,61–63

Orochons,374

Oroks,374

Osages,530

Ossets,111,356,421

Otomis,537

Ottawas,527

Paharias,415

Pai-pi-bri,451

Palæ-American sub-race,292,512

Palenbangs,489

Palkhpuluk,415

Pampeans,571

Panos,559

Papajos,535

Papuans,483,484,493–497

Parsis,419,420

Pashtu,420

Passumahs,489

Patagonians,574

Pawnees,530

Pelvic index,84

Pepo-hoan,391

Persians,419

Peruvians,67,85

Physiological characters, functions of nutrition and assimilation, respiration and circulation, reproduction, etc.,105–120

Pictography,137–140

Pigmentation, race variations of,46; ten principal shades of colour of skin,47; pigmentation of the iris,48; three fundamental shades of the iris,49; colour of the eye in different races,49; colouring of the hair,49; four principal shades,49; pigmentation at birth,50; absence of pigment,51

Pigmies,455

Pimas,535

Pithecanthropus erectus,360

Politeness, rules of.—“Exchanging blood,” salutations, etc.,254–255

Polyandry,235

Polygamy and monogamy, the patriarchate,237

Polymorphism,5

Polynesians,47,63,85,87,91,112,204,206,500

Ponkas,530

Pottery-making, modelling, moulding, and coiling methods of,154,155

Prehistoric “finds” in Africa,427; in Oceania,475

Promiscuity,231

Property, systems under which held, collective, family, individual,245–247

Psychological and Pathological characters,121

Quaternary age in Europe,301

Quaternary human remains in Europe,309

Quaternary man in Asia,361

Quechuas,547

Race, in what manner term applied,8

Rejangs,489

Religion—animism, fetichism, worship of natural objects and phenomena, religion and morality, rites and ceremonies, priesthoods,214–223

Respiration among uncivilised peoples and among Europeans,108

Right and justice, the power of taboo, vendetta, ordeals, oath-taking, extra-legal judges, etc.,252–254

Russians,111,167,344

Sakai,397

Sakalavas,470

Salishans,532

Samarai,495

Samoans,504

Santals (Sonthals),114,409

Sartes,376,419

Savaras (Saoras),409

Scandinavians,47,186,220,228

Scapular index,85

Sciences, primitive—knowledge of numbers, calculation of time, calendars and clocks, geography and cartography,223–228

Selungs,396

Senecas,527

Sexes, relation of, before marriage,229

Shans,401

Shawnees,526

Shield, evolution of the,266–269

Shiluks,445

Shuvashes,376

Siamese,402

Sikanese,492

Singhalese,416

Siouans,528

Skeleton of trunk and limbs, differentiative racial characters of,83,93

Skin, structure of the,34; differences according to race,36

Skull, comparison of human skull and that of anthropoid apes,18,19

Slavs,59,323,343

Social groups, stages of, conditions of progress of, classification of “states of civilisation,”123–127

Social organisation, under group marriage, totemism, clan rule,247–248

Somalis,438

Somatological units,3

Soninké,449

Sonoran-Aztecs,535

Sonrhays,447

Sonthals,114,409

Spaniols,425

Species, what constitutes,5–8

Spine, curvature of, in theCercopithecidæ, in the anthropoid apes, in man,13,14

Staff messages,135

“States of civilisation,” classification of,127

Stature, variations of, at birth,25; average heights of different populations,25; limits of stature, giantism, dwarfism,27–31; influence of environment on stature,31,32; stature of men and women compared,33

Steatopygia,93

Stone and metal ages in Asia,362–365

Sundanese,489

Swazi,465

Syrians,423

Taboo,252

Tagals,491

Tails, pretended existence of men with,95

Tajiks,419

Takhtaji,423

Takullies,524

Talamancas,545

Tamils,411

Taranchi,375

Tarascos,537

Tasmanians,482

Tatars,367,375,376

Tecunas,561

Teguments, in man and apes,22

Tehuelches,574

Teleuts,375

Telingas,411

Tenggerese,496

Tent, origin and development of,163,164

Territorial organisation,249

Tertiary man in Europe,300

Thai,76,400

Thibetans,43,380,381

Thos-Muong,401

Tinné,524

Tlinkits,110,292,532

Todas,411

Toes and fingers of man and of anthropoid apes,20,21

Tombo,447

Tonga,465

Tools of primitive industry, methods of making stone implements, etc.,184–188

Totonacs,536,537

Toucouleur,450

Transport and means of communication—primitive vehicles, sledges, chariots, etc.,275–277

Trumai,566

Trunk and limbs of living subject, racial characters of,93

Tsimshians,532

Tuaregs,434

Tubas,444

Tula Dariens,549

Tulus,411

Tunguses,246,373

Tupi-Guarani,562,567

Turkomans,376

Turks,59,293,365,377

Tyrolese,59

Tziam,394

Ugrians,293,365,521

Ulvas,541

United States, white population of,508

Uzbegs,376

Veddahs,85,87,91,145,157,159,270,417

Vei,449

Wagogo,464

Wahabits,423

Wakamba,464

Wakguro,464

Wambutti,454

Wapokompo,464

Wataita,464

Weapons of offence and defence, clubs, missile weapons, boomerangs, the bow and arrow, methods of arrow release, shields, protective armour,257–269

Wichitas,530

Yakuts,375

Yamas,554

Yasafzais,420

Yeniseians or Tubas,366

Yeshkhun,413

Yezides,423

Yolofs,450

Yorubas,453

Yukagirs,370

Yumas,533

Zaparos,561

Zapotecs,537

Zoques,538

Zulus,465

Zuñis,155,225,534


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