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l)eeu noted in any neolithit' <tt [)ale<)lithic fossil men, un'atcr even than 

 in the skulls of Spy, in l^elgiuni, whieh have been so well studied hy 

 MM. Fraipont and Lohest, and which Ix'av in ecrtain respects marks 

 of inferiority. The siiape of the chin corresponds to this prog-na- 

 thisni, it l)eing" straight instead of projecting forward as in the supe- 

 rior races. Besides, M. Verneau found on each side of the base of 

 the nasal opening a groove characteristic of the negi'o. So it seems 

 that, in a deposit ))elonging to th(^ paleolithic age, })eside the remains 

 of the cave hyena whose descendants inha]>it southern Africa, there 

 are found human remains with crania having- in the lower part negro 

 characteristics, in the upper those of th(^ white race. Is it possible 

 that Dr. Verneau has found a connecting link between the Afi'ican 

 and the Caucasian types, and that we have here the skeletons of two 

 beings who represented this transition? Such a conclusion would be 

 premature, but we ma}' at least say that he has foiuid a negroid ele- 

 ment hitherto unknown among the paleolithic or neolithic men of 

 Europe. Anthropologists and i)aleontologists owe their thanks to the 

 enlightened prince who is aiding them to discover the ni} sterious his- 

 tory of prehistoric man. 



