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oouabt nomevhere in Asia has been shaken to
~ foundations. According to this Weil-knoWn
ihypothesis the primeval seat OF the original
N Arynn stock was on the tabloland OF Central
Il AsIn. and probably near the Jaxartes, whence
lby successive migrations swarms wero sent
4 forth in various directions to be known In
ltboir new habitations as Hlndoos, lraniaps.
md Armenians upon the one hand. and. on
hlthe other, as Colts, Lstlns. Greeks. Teutons,
.f1Iithuapians and Slavs. This theory was at
fnne time universally accepted and s still treat
:. "A ns incontroyertibe in in historical text books
for schous and colleges In England and the
limited states. In view Of the revusion OF scien-
niao oplnion on the subject, 1t is OF obvious Inn
Dortanoe to educators that the facts and arRu-
I inents opposed TO the hypothesis should be
i nade accessible in oompendious and au-
y khontio form. This task has been undertaken
~ DR.. ISAAC TAYLOR in volume entitled The
tOrioin Of the Arvdns tScrlbner and Welfordl
Even before 1888 tho current views relating
4 10 the cradle OF the Aryana had now and then
( been criticised. As early as 1871 II was main
= aained in an essay by Cuno, published In Ber-
Z Nn that the undivided Aryans must have been
4 n numerous nomad pastoral people inhabitinR
! IN extensive territory. and that only one re-
! kion on the globe presented tho necessary con-
I hitions OF climate and area, namely. the great
! clein OF northern Europe, stretching from the
I Dral mountains TO tn0 hIhntlC- ~ WulCu
I Dt was reJoined that his conditions were fully
hnswered by tho steppes OF Central Asia.
I Which extend for thousand miles eastward
I pf the Caspian. No impression was made by
/ .puno on the majority OF scientists. In 1888.
shoWevOr. the prevailing hypothesis was sub
/ Ao0tod to systematic and form midabe assaults
tst the hands OF Penka ana OF Schrader The
thormcrs attack WAS mainly based on anthro-
boloEical considerations: the latter's on philo-
/ toGical grounds. Penka pointed out that
ihAlyan blood is far from being coextensive with
/ hryan speech; on the contrary. those who en-
y,loy Aryan languages belong to several dis
tinct an thropological types. Either. then. the
physical types must have been developed SUBJ
tkleauently to the linguistic separation. or Aryan
! Rpeech must have been acquired by races not
bf Aryan blood. The latter suppo5ition is In
Eier0ntly probable. whereas the former hypothe-
Ais is nadmissiblc in view OF the perslstency
III typo displayed during thousands OF years by
Z The Egyptians, negroes. and Jews. To the ques-
lion which OF the five or six ethnic types found
.monR the speakers OF Aryan languages repro
ents most faithfully the type Of the primitive
A.rySns, Penka replied that the purest Aryan
blood is found among the fair-haired. blue
I yed dolichocephalic Swedes and North Ger
hans. Penka's argument was needlessly weak
ned by the assumption that the cradle Of the
aIhole Aryan race was Scandinavia which docs
OF afford room enough for q numerous pas
boral people. This difficulty was avoided by
chrader who holds that the earliest known
sat Of the Indo-Iranians was on the Jaxartes.
ut that the original home OF the European
ryans must be placed in northern Eu-
Nope astride OF the ancient beech line.
he beech tree does not now grow
ast Of line drawn from K0nigsberg to
10 Crmea. and it's northern limit must for
klerly have been still more restricted Hence
N 10 cradle OF the Italic. Hellenic. and Teutonic
Lces, which had the same name for this tree
q tust have been to the west Of the ancient
sech line Since the Slavo- Lithuanian name
Is n the beech is a Teutonic loan word. the
II otis and Slavs must be placed on the east
the beech line and Immediately adjacent to
lie Teutons. There are other strong philo-
gical reasons for believing In the unbroken
II geographical continuity Of the European
ry0ns previous to their linguistic morcella-
pm. It remained for schrader to say whether
10 original European Aryans came from Asia |
the Asiatic forefathers OF the Indo- o-Iranians |
N ON Europe. After discussing the subject at
eat length. he acknowledged that the data at
n o disposal scarcely permitted OF a positive |
YlBWer. but he withdrew his former opinion
at the Arysns had originated in Asia. and
sclared himself unable to conceal his convic-
On that the hypothesis OF European origin |
0m0Q lar more IN accordance Win the 11ctS. |
Since the publication OF Schrader's and |
,nka's books the Asiatic hypothesis has been
psndoned by Prof. Sayce In England and by |
omashek. Won Loher. Wilsce. and FREDERICK |
4 nller on the Continent 1t Is still adhered to |
Max Muller and a few German and Ameri- |
4 n writer's
On the hypothesis that the Aryans had Eu-
pean origin with which OF the four ethnic |
pcs which existed In Europe In the neothic |
III o Is the lntroducer Of the Aryan speech |
untitled The claims Of the Iberian and Lii
riAn races inhabiting the southern Euro |
Rn countries are promptly rejected. An
topoloRtcRlly. the Iberans. or Siurians. |
short. dark. broad-headed race. which occu-
ID Britain. Gaul. and Spain at the beginning |
rs the neolthic age. were akin to tho Hamitic |
eo which inhabited North Africa. Tho Ibe-
| ep language finds its nearest conRener in the |
| Gpidian Inscriptions. ArchHologlcally. they |
! "a resent low stage OF culture: they had no |
i 5eals or domesticatsd animals and their pot |
Nj ~ ts OF tho rudest character. Toward tho |
n ise OF the reindeer period the Lgurans. also
hort dark. broad headed race but Of Finnio |
LApp blood. appeared In western Europe |
q drove the Iberians southwark to the re-
IN OF the Pyrenees. Here the Ligurians
III lalgamated with them to some extent Tho |
w ked race Is known as the Celtiberian, and |
HtI Basque Is probably a survival OF Its IAN
Nj hRe. These two southern races being elm-
y Fted on the ground that one spoke. appar-
i&H Hy. Hamitic and the other Ural-Altaic |
II kGue. there remain the two northern races.
rikb Ceto- Latin people OF the pile dwellings OF
N Ftzerland and the scandinavian people OF tho
81 lchon middens or shell heaps Of Denmark. OF
Il kse the former was tall. fair. broad headed
II 70, represented in CGsar's time by the Belgc
u Inls and the HelvetIi. while the latter was
N tall fair, long heaIed race to which tho
n RsOnt Swedes. Frisans, and North Germans
X long. German scholars contend that tho
y 5Bsicsl type OF the primitive Aryans WAS that
n tho long-headed North Germans but
d knch writers-and DR.. Taylor is inclined to
i tee with them-insist that the original
a lTans were broad-headed. aud arc repre-
i kted In prehistoric and historic times by the
II - Gauls. The evidence for the latter theory