Evening star., 1921-05-22

differences existed between the two. the
latter being so much more highly de-
ve,oped that it seemed difficult to derive
it from the earlier No link was then
known between the man of Neanderthal
and the Cro-Magnon type. But since
that date discovery of the utmost inn
portance from the standpoint OF eNolu-
ton has been made at Red CiiF In
course of excavations carried out by the
Prince Of Monaco in the Childr-n's cave.
the Chanoine dc Vil.eneuve found three
skeletons presenting strongly marked
negroid characteristics. These had GER
tain points of resemblance with the race
of Neanderthal and certain DINERS Win
that of Cro-Magnon. In recent essays
have given detailed descriptions OF
this vaw type or race. and proposed 1or
it the name of Grimaldi. which has since
been adopted by specialists"
Much black ink. you may believe, mas
since been spilled over these men VINO
walked from Africa when the walking
was good" Here. l will Simply quote
on Abbo's wish, the consensus OF Latin
science.
A word about Abbo. There is an Old
Greek fable of yokel who peeked over
the garden wall of a real lady. JUST
by process of peeking and pcepinS, MS
soul grew and his mind and heart ex-
banded, so great is the power OF beauty.
BY the lady, of course, the Greeks meant
science.
All right. Giuseppe Able of Fenti-
miglia- Grimaldi. a hotel man, son OF
a hotel man, was seeking loan for his
asparagus beds in his cave of Barma-
Grandc. He came on prehistoric re-
mains. He calculated that they might
be made an attraction" to Red Gin
Hotel He fetched scientists. He talk
cd a lot with men Of science. He dug
with them-ali for business. That was
thirty years ago. Since he has spent
ten times as much upon the cave and
the museum as the bones have gained
him. People come to eat and drink
and dance beside the. sea. They care
absolutely nothing for bones.
Giuseppe just loves bones. He neg
lects the hotel to loaf in his cave and
his museum with the paleontologists
of Europe; and he is the happiest man
in Italy when they dig up a cave
bears tooth. In fact. he. has himself
become man Of science.
Its true" he says Why not ad-
nit it?"
L h.
I'VE men of southern Europe have a
dash of dark blood in u.s. he says.
Here. read them DIR. Eerneau!"
such then. are briefly. the charac-
ter;stius of the strange race of Gri-
maldi Owing to the discoveries at
Red Cliff it is now certain that we
must reckon Heg"oidS among our an
cestors For it canno: be supposed
for moment that IN the mldd.e
quaternary epoch these types could
have migrated from Africa. 1t was
not until many centuries later ths.t
man made his first attempts at naVi-
cation. anG even in neoIith!c times
he was far from being in 4 position
to brave the open sea.
"Moreoyer. we have proofs that our
ne.roids of Grimaldi must have be-
lonsed to a race of some Importance
in western Europe. Had but a rev
specimens come hither accidentally
they would have been absorbed in the
existing populations. and all trace Of
them would nave oisAppesfeu. bue
this is not SO.
1--WE know that in obedience to the
-aw of at:viSm the characters OF a
remote ancestor may suddenly reap
pear in an individual. In view of this
fact / have sought for traces of the
Grimaldi type and have found them,
in small numbers, naturally. in France.
Switzerland and Italy. in the neo-
lithic. bronze and iron ages, as well
as in the present epoch.
Yes" he concludes. Il have even
had the good fortune to meet with
two living individuals with strongly
marked cha natives Of the
PiedmonteSe mountains!
The Italian business man repeats:
why not?"
ut may do for southern Europe" 1
begin.
"Quite so. quite so. 1t is we of
southern Europe, glorious Greece. i'm
perial Rome. proud Spain. sweet
France, pioneering Switzerland, just
dark blood.
why should we repudiate a gift OF
progress. however unexpected. and 30
long ago? Alas. poor sons of Ham!
You begin your servitude to the white
race before Hams day. in the obscure
unknown"
Before Adam and Eve" 1 murmur.
"They gave us their gift, and We let
them deteriorate in return" mourEs
Able. We did not make them rise
along with ourselves. Yet they
brought honorable development in
their hand. inestimable. We profited.
We. descendants OF the Gro -Magnons
of south Europe. Listen to the last
word OF science on the men who
walked from Africa"
(He quotes, again, from DR. YER
neauD:
"!sst,.- Mou:r: call particular at
ce.lent cranial capacity Of these nen.