ANTHROPOLOGY. 



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M. (le Quaterfages gives tho followiug scheme of knowledge with 

 refereuce to the kiugdoin of man: 



Empires. 



Inorganic 



Organic .. 



Kingdoms. 



Sidereal . 

 Mineral . 



Vegetable .. 



Animal. 



Human 



Plienoraeua. 



Kepleriau movement 



Kepleiian moveinentjj/ff.spUj'sico- ' 

 chemistry. ] 



Kepleriau movement phis pliysico- 

 chemistry^?«s vitality. ' 



Kepleriau movement jpZws pbysico- 

 chemlstry 2>ltis vitality 2)his vol- < 

 untary motion. 



Kepleriau movement j9??/s physico- 

 chemistry jj/ws vitality 2)lus vol 

 untary motiou ^j/«s uiorality' 

 and leligiosity. 



Causes. 



Gravitatiou. 



Gravitation. 



E the rody namics. 



Gravitatiou. 



Etherody namics. 



Life. 



Gravitation. 



Etherodyuamics. 



Life. 



Auimal spirit. 



Gravitation. 



Etherodyuamics. 



Life. 



Auimal spirit. 



Humau spirit. 



Being a pronounced monogenist the author brings his theory into 

 contra.st with that of the polygenists in the scheme. 



MONOGENISM. 



All men belong to one and the same 

 species. 



The differences which distinguish hu- 

 man groups are racial characters. 



At what epoch did this single species 

 appear on the surface of the globe ? The 

 question of antiquity is simple. 



The humaii species first occupied only a 

 circumscribed area of the globe. There is 

 then a question of geographic origin to 

 resolve. 



The globe was jieopled by migrations of 

 which we have to search tho traces aud 

 reconstruct the history. 



To-day there probably exists no au- 

 tochthonous people. America in partic- 

 ular aud Polynesia were peopled only by 

 colonists. 



The human species inhabit to-day the 

 entire globe, the jtole as well as the equu- 

 II. Mi,i. {JOO- — oi 



POLYGENISM. 



There are several species of men. 



These differences are like specific char- 

 acters. 



At what epoch have appeared the dif- 

 ferent humau species ? Have they arisen 

 simultaneously or successively? The 

 question of antiquity is multiple. 



The difi'erent species have first appeared 

 on the spots where history aunouuced 

 their discovery. The question of geo- 

 graphic origin does not exist. 



Migrations count for nothing in the 

 general peopling of the earth. The ques- 

 tion of primitive migration does not exist. 

 The emigrations of which history has 

 preserved the memory are exceptional 

 and have exercised only an insignificant 

 influence over the geographical distribu- 

 tiou of peoples. 



Excepting the Europeau colonies 

 founded in our day and those recorded iu 

 history, almost the entire globe has beeu 

 peopled by autochthones. Specially, all 

 the peoples of America and Polynesia 

 were and could only be the products of 

 the soil where modern explorers have 

 found tbeni. 



The human peoples constituting so many 

 species origiuatiug outhe spot were made 



