CHAPTER X.

/Races and Peoples of Asia/ 359

/Ancient Inhabitants of Asia/.--Prehistoric times--_Pithecanthropus erectus_ (Dub.)--Ages of stone and metals.--/Present Inhabitants of Asia/.--Races of Asia--I. _Peoples of Northern Asia_--Yeniseian, Palæasiatic and Tunguse groups.--II. _Peoples of Central Asia_--Turkish, Mongolian, and Thibetan groups--Peoples of the south-west of Thibet and of South China (Lolo, Miao-tsé, Lu-tsé, etc.).--III. _Peoples of Eastern Asia_--Chinese, Coreans, and Japanese.--IV. _Peoples of Indo-China_--Aborigines, Mois, Kuis, Siam, Naga, etc.--More recent mixed populations: Annamese, Cambodians, Thai, etc.--V. _Peoples of India_--Castes--Dravidians and Kolarians--Indo-Aryans and unclassified populations--VI. _Peoples of Anterior Asia_--Iranians and Semites.