Show THE TAE Ii DISTINCT AMERICAN M RI A TYPE I R f fi i ill AF R ill i A United States Is Approaching It Investigation Shows I CH ST AND i SPARE P RL IN N NEARLY S E EARLY AC MIDDLE f fAGE I WEL AGE WITH W R TENDENCY IN f- f fy y I TO VOt N WonG G Won D WEIGHT r LATER I LIFE II I I NI AMERICAN TYPES AVERAGE HEIGHT HEIGHTMAN I I M rE ENCY I MAN 5 FT 4 IN DARK CM ATE UV i I LARGER HEAD US iN I I I I By N. N E. E A. A Service I WASHINGTON V Nov 3 The The people people peo peo- pIe of the United states States- are ap approaching approaching ap- ap I ap-I I a distinct type of Am American Amen Ameri- rl- rl can man and woman Hence in the future America is to have Its own type the same as France Japan Germany and all other countries now have hav i This from Dr Ales Hrdlicka curator curator curator cura- cura tor of the division of physical an anthropology anthropology an- an I in the United States na national national na- na na-I na museum He has has' been In charge of the Smithsonian institutions institution's extensive in investigation investigation In- In which has covered eight years of the physical and physiological cal features of ot the oldest and most American element in the United States There Is no American type of ot either man or woman as yet says Dr Yet there Is an approach approach approach ap ap- to such a 0 type In n physiognomy physiognomy I nomy nomy stature build pigmentation and in other directions I DARKER HAIR Investigations thus far have shown that there Is a trend toward darker hair and diminution of blondness and that the average height of the American man will be 5 feet 8 inches and of ot the average woman will be 5 feet 4 inches Heredity is s still sUll most in evidence but is no longer absolute The old Americans are to an Important degree still the English Scotch or Dutch of their ancestry but In part they are I already something new commonly acquired In this land they are Americans Amer Amer- Were Vere It possible for this stock to breed exclusively among amon themselves for several more centuries they ac according according ac- ac cording to indications would probably probably probably ably produce as distinct a a a- national type as have the various older European European European Euro Euro- nations TALL STATURE The main characteristics of dt the theold theold theold old Americans are first of all a tall stature They are If we disregard a afew afew few tew small groups the tallest of whites They are most relatively spare in early adult life with rather a tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency to overweight t later on Many of the younger American women are behind their due standard Their chest and muscles muscle's are relatively not as well developed as are those of ot the menThe menThe menThe men The nonworking women women many of ot them are physically somewhat neg neg- Naturally this does not apply to the farm girl or the athletic girl or the one whose development has been supervised in a high class college col col- lege SUPERIOR HEAD The American woman shows a superior head It Is larger than that of ot the man and as the size of ot the head means a corresponding size of ot brain we have here a highly favorable favorable favorable favor favor- able condition Only healthy men and women between between between be be- tween 24 and 65 65 and at least three generations American born on each parental side were included in the stud study The majority of the subjects were examined under standardized conditions We Ve selected men and women from all walks of life and all occupations Dr Hrdlicka explained The total studies have extended to 1700 persons per per- 1 sons ons sons |