The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
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y ~ BY G. Sergi.

The scope and purpose Of 4 most Inter
estlDg little volume entitled "rhe Medlter
ranean Race: study Of the origin ol
European peoples Just published by Wal
ter Scott In England and the Scrihners
here. Is best given by the author himself
In the Introduction. The book has ninety
three useful illustrations and is the WORK
OF q, sergi professor Of anthropology In
the university Of Rome. II was originally
published In Italian In 1898 and translated
into German In 1897, Now comes the
English edition, and this Ia enriched by
anbropologieal and chronological documents
whFh were not In hand for the earlier
editions making It, In its nrst English yer.
sion almost an original work In his
preface Prof. Sergl says,
1.-The conclusions have sought "a main.
tain are the following;
Il. The primitive populations Of Europe,
after Homo NeanderthalcnsiS originated In
Africa these constituted the entire popula,
ton of Neolthlc times
g The basin Of the Mediterranean was
the chief center of movement whence the
African mgrations reached the center and
the north Of Europe.
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g. From the great African stock were
formed three varieties, In accordance with
differing telluric and geographic conditions;
one particularly African remaining In the
continent where Il originated; another, the
Mediterranean, which occupied the basin
Of that sea- and third the Nordlc, which
reached the north of Burope These three
varieties are the three great branches of
one species, which call Eurafricau he.
cause it occupied, and still occupies, a large
portion OF the two continents OF Africa
and Europe.
A. These three human varieties have
nothing In common with the so.oalIed
Aryan races; it Is an error to maintain
that the Germans and the scaudinaviaus.
blond dolchocephals or long-heads tof the
Reihengraber and viking types) are AIRY
aus they are Eurafrlcaus of tue Nordlc
variety
8. The Aryans arc Of Asiatlc origin, and
constitute variety OF the Eurasatlo spe.
cles' the physical characters Of their skeie.
tons are different from those OF the nura,
frlcuns
q The primitive civilization Of the Eura,
orleans is Afro Mediterranean. becoming
eventually Afro European.
49,
a. The Mycepaean civilization had It's
origin In Asia, aud was transformed by
dihnslon in the Mediterranean.
g. The two classic civilizations. Greek
apd Latin, were not Aryan, but Medlter-
,anean. The Aryans we're sa7ages when
,hey Invaded Europe they destroyed In
part the superior civilization OF the Neo.
hthic populations, and could not have
created the Greco Latin civilization.
D. In the course OF the Aryan inyasiops
the languages Of the Eurafrloan species in
Europe we've transformed IN italy, Greece,
aud elsewhere, Celtic German. slayontc.
etc, being genuine branches Of the Arvnn
tongue In other cases the Aryan languages
underwent Transformation preserving
some elements of the conquered tongues,
as In the Neo-Celtic Of Wales.
Some Of these conclusions no longer
arouse the same opposition as when er,t
brought them forward The arrpmen.w
meeting with most resistance ARE those
tending to overthrow the ancient copccn
lion of an Aryan civilization. The future
VIII enable US TO see these questlons more
clearly"