The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26

Man Not the Descendant of Apes.
but the Apes Cousin, Is
His Conclusion

French Ch@ologist. holds tIt' f...
were Of African origin. but tr D-sort
points out that all Of the GRO. Narnp,
skeletons yet discovered ~" 1T = ~
tinctly Asiatlc type without tho sligN'
est trace ~ nogroid descent md i,,.
"A people with q strong r"somhlau ,
the Cro-Magnons is To- ~" found ro,..
and south OF the iIimalaNas
There IN no doubt thai 'N,v tony
an African route" cnntiuIrs rr. os
born. but | am convinced ,,a' tho,
evolved in the East. Nnaipmr,l ..
mains indicate that two ur thr1o a.
more races came into Europe bofor.
Neolithic times. Certainly in tho M.
die Cro-Magnon period a new GUITAR.
spread over Europe from Bavaria IN
England and the south Of France hi.
did not reach the Mediterranean tn.
was the epoch when the mural AZ.
OF the yer ceased and flint making
reached as high n technical devclop.
ment as ever II did In Egypt or IN
Scandinavia. This is probably hocata.
the climate had moderated and lt's
time was spen' In the shelters The
generally accepted theory Is tina a
fresh Asiatic invasion was made pos.
sible through the pathway n rpss
Hungary made by the recoding ella.
ciers.
I'm my boob ! have classified his
race the Galley Hi or Brunn race ~
distinct from the Cro-Magnou. hu'
since II went to press something has
come up which inclines me to believe
that they were "a branch of the Gro.
Magnons.
Hundreds OF years later. after I'm
making had deteriorated and after m.
art of the caverns was resumed and
reached It's highest development and
after cer,ain tundra types 90 fauna had
become extinct and the ANNA, life o.
Europe began to approach that " ro-
cent times. that Is. between 10000 and
1000 y. C.. two new races appeared
land quickly and almost completely
supplanted the GRO Magnons. Thcsa
newcomers. the broad headed .Aziliar
and the long headed Tardois!au races.
were fishermen and brought with them
neither art nor a developed flint in
dustry. CTo-Maenon art absolutely
ceased.
For the first time "A broad headoi
rae entered Europe. a dark people. 4
is believed, of Asiatic origin. rcsem.
bling the broad faced Alpine and Celtic
types. And now for the first time we
see the m!ncling of races. This min
Cling is a fac Of great interest. he.ng
a prelude To what c~haracteri2es all he
populations of western Europe at the
present time. namely. the presence ~
races widely separated In origin and
IL, 80. -. H
united 10y similar customs, induS'r, es
and beliefs.
one Of the most inieresauc larts
of the hook Is given To- the eNtraord-
nary cave art left by the cro-N q
mons, hut that Is too long 10 - INTO
This art is one Of the marvels of ra-
cent archaeology. suffice 10 t. say 70
cannot be cNp.alnod Low those ,tr'r
artists Obtained sufficient light g., "a
Whit they were doing when suuIc -
mo PAINTINGS escape the attention -
TIA" explorer under an acct'.c"" lamp
and when 1t is probable thai primitive
stone lamps We're the only means .
illumination. Certainly tho Cro-MIr.
Mons had a strong art instinct, 70 iowa
of art for arts sake. not unlik, 'ta.
which inspired the early Greeks H..
deed they may he called the pi'ro
lithlc Greeks.
in my opinion. too, a study ~ MIS-
race would indicate a phase in re e.
u thought previous to hat ~ meg
or OF the Precipitation Of unseen Pr Tc-
the first stage discussed 10y " am
James in his Varieties Of Re -nls
Experience II would seem the, ne
awed Magnon mind sought a ,t -
OF the wonders OF nature an about m
and found II q vague S~Ipsr'a'lral
force TO which the human spirit IAN
make . direct appeal