CHAPTER VIII.

/Classification of Races and Peoples/ 280

Criticism of anthropological classification--Frequent confusion of the _classing of races_ and _of peoples_--The determining of races can be based only on _somatic characters_--For the classing of peoples, on the contrary, it is necessary to take into account _ethnic characters_ (linguistic and sociological), and above all _geographical distribution_--_Classification of races proposed by the author_--Succinct characterisation of the twenty-nine races which are therein mentioned--_Classification of ethnic groups_ adopted in this work.