The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes

CHAPTER I.

ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION.

FACTS AND THEORIES--HYPOTHESES CONCERNING ORIGIN--UNITY OF RACE--DIVERSITY OF RACE--SPONTANEOUS GENERATION--ORIGIN OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS--PRIMORDIAL CENTRES OF POPULATION-- DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS--ADAPTABILITY OF SPECIES TO LOCALITY--CLASSIFICATION OF SPECIES--ETHNOLOGICAL TESTS-- RACES OF THE PACIFIC--FIRST INTERCOURSE WITH EU...