There is, in addition,
evidence that points to Norwegians of a brunette appear-
ance as another source whence brown-complexioned people
may have come into England. On the south-east coast of
Norway, and here and there on the coast farther north, a
population is met with which differs from the usual
Norwegian type, and this has been referred by anthro-
pologists to a very ancient settlement there of the pre-
historic brown race that survives in the highlands of
Central Europe, and is known as the brown Alpine race. 1
This race is believed to have extended before the dawn
of history much further northwards in Germany. The
brown people of Norway are well seen in Joderen, where
Arbo found the blonde and really dark-haired people
about equally represented. The Norwegian brunettes
differ from the typical blondes of that country in two
other particulars. First, they are broad-headed, while
the blondes, which comprise the bulk of the nation, are
long-headed ; and not only are the broader-headed people
of these coast-districts darker as a whole, but in them
the broad-headed individuals tend to be darker than the
other type, as Arbo has clearly shown. 2 Secondly, the
broadest-headed people of these localities in Norway
incline to shortness of stature below that of the typical
Norwegian.