Show New Type American American Developing w l Tall Ta 2 Athletic Ath le tIc and aid Eyed Brown Brown Eyed I I I By I ISRAEL KLEIN Science KLI-Science Science I Editor ea Service CI Ya Va Feb Blonds 1 Blonds londs will be Ie passe paste blue blue- babies will bo ho the tir e exception will be alien aliens aliena when the thc true American asserts erts himself The true American will viII be a brunet not blond Hell He'll have o light lightbrown brown eyes and his only conces conces- conces- conces concession concession sion slon to the of or Europe will willbo willbo willbo bo his tall tali Statu stature re This picture of or the emerging American is offered by Di 1 fl Bennett Bean professor ot of anat anat- anatomy anat- anat anatomy omy at the University of Virginia and one of o Americas America's loading leading an- an anI anthropologists an Dr Bean Boon has haa ha made the the study tudy ol or his Ills hob hob- hobb hob hob- hobby hobby b by T TREND En IS GRADUAL I Of Ot course says Dr Lean Bean the trend toward the standard Ameri Amen American American can type is very cry gradual But Dut we may expect this type typo to emerge In a thousand years or so ao 0 Singularly Dr Bean himself Is Isa Isa a fair representative of or the Nordie type winch his forecast says AS vill disappear It was immigration of the tall faced faced ruddy bl bi nd nd and eyed blue blue population In northern Europe that Introduced the Nordic typo Into America Amelica up to about 1884 Then Immigration of brunet south south- southern ern ern em European set In Their hereditary Influence according to Dr Dean Bean was wa enhanced by the climate they found here The tendency to darker and eyes ees and even a tanning o or orthe the skin akin ho he explains already ts is noticeable In many or our natives This is due to our intense summers and the brilliancy of the th sun which produce a of othe the skin and cause tho hair and eyes to become darker Thero There Is an exception In the northern regions where the tac- tac fac factors tors tons of ot cold moist and clouds combine against this darken darkening In tendency POINTS TO TIlE THE INDIAN X For proof of ot his prediction as asI asto asto asto to what the American will be Dr Dean Bean points to tho the American In- In Indian Indian In Indian dian with hi dark course hall hair his dark eyes and tanned skin Measurements of ot college collect e boys and co eds show It a a tendency to taller stature some ome rising from two to three throe inches above the modern American types type As are a re re suIt ault Dr Bean figures the tb future American rial riale rIlle will average about tive ve feet teet ten Inches in height three or four tour inches taller than the average European Woman i ill toll follow OW long the same lines although she wont won't grow as fast tast in height ht as man man manDr Dr Bean Dean comments Both Doth will willbo willbo willbo bo athletic in structure with well tilled filled muscular bodle squarer but slightly drooping shoulders and well developed limbs VISIBLE IN IX LIFO C CALIFORNIA XI We W see ee that tall athletic type already In California There Is something on the west coast that seems to bring brine out these traits sooner than In the th rest re t of ot the country Perhaps the Inhabitants are aro thriving th riving from the tho violet ultra rays in the sunlight they aro are get get get- getting ting there The American typo type will tend toward ranginess but not lanki S SJ J ra La y S B E- E Evi vi foriS ls f oni tic average n of many of his Ills own ness Hell He'll hav have long lone arms arm and legs but his whole v bedy will wilt be bei bewen bewell i wen velI proportioned His Ills hands and andI feet will be big bit too I Those These tendencies I take from the fact that our farming farming- population population tion Lion is generally o ol that rangy with type with lone Ion arms and legs and big big lile hands I 1 AN 1 END E OF OBESITY I Th head of ot the true American will vill be a a virile well proportioned I tp types But Dut ther will wiil ivill be h a n gradual al at change chance Dr Loan Dean asserts from froma troma a strong prominent chin to one re cc Ie ceding more and more to 1 1 with smaller teeth and jawbones Th rest of or his features feature will wiil dis dis- dis display display playa play a medium forehead a good good- sized aquilin or sinuous nose slightly lon louver er pars ears and a full tull mouth The rho nock will be slightly longer and thicker the th chest wilt will willbe willbe be full tull and muscular and the th ab- ab abdomen abdomen ab abdomen domen will show no tendency to- to toward toward to toward ward obesity I Of Ot course all this depends on circumstances In the future Dr Bean qualities qualifies But flut the trends ot of the time and or of o past show this thi tendency toward a a tall 1111 skinned tan skinned haired dark and browned eyed American as typical or of the country's country future futuro home home- homegrown homegrown home grown population |