TIL that the Britisher who laid the formal identification of the caste system in India, Sir Herbert Risley, used the "Nasal Index" as indicator of castes: "Narrow" noses indicate European origin; "medium" noses are the "yellow races"; and "broad" are either African or Melanesian and Aus aboriginal.

TIL that the Britisher who laid the formal identification of the caste system in India, Sir Herbert Risley, used the "Nasal Index" as indicator of castes: "Narrow" noses indicate European origin; "medium" noses are the "yellow races"; and "broad" are either African or Melanesian and Aus aboriginal.