(Photographic Supplement, Plate 25)
The Mediterranean Reëmergence
in Great Britain
The Atlanto-Mediterraneans were not the only members of the Mediterranean
stock to invade Great Britain; smaller Mediterraneans are commonest in Wales
and in the former Cymric territory which stretches from the Midlands
to Glasgow. With the rise of the industrial revolution, the population
increased greatly in these two last named regions, which became the most
heavily industrialized areas in Britain; hence the Mediterranean increment
in the British population has risen during the last century and a half.
FIG. 1 (3 views). A Lancastrian from Blackburn, a slender,
delicaltely built Mediterranean with an extremely narrow nose and mandible.
He represents a characteristic Midlands type.
FIG. 2 (3 views). A metrically similar New Englander from a
Massachusetts coastal city, of Colonial Yankee lineage. He represents, a
reëmergence or survival within the New England stock of the same British
Mediterranean element.
FIG. 3 (3 views). A Welshman from the neighborhood of Cardiff. An
absolutely great head length, a heavier facial structure, and a less
leptorrhine nose form indicate a different Mediterranean sub-type from the
two above.
FIG. 4 (3 views). A Mediterranean Scotsman from Paisley; typical
of the industrial population of the Glasgow district.
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