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THE TROGLODYTES. 



If the troglodytes of Cromagaou were in a savage state it was be- 

 cause the surroundiug conditious were unfavorable to their developmeut. 

 The couformatiou of their braius shows that they were capable of 

 culture, and, uuder favorable auspices, would make great aud rapid ad- 

 Fig. 29. 



Skull of the old man of Cromagnon ; profile view. 



vauces in civilization. These rude hunters of the mammoth, the lion, 

 and the bear are the worthy ancestors of the artists of the Madelaine. 



Skull of the old man of Cromagnon ; front -view. 



I have now given you the principal facts in the history of the troglo- 



