ANTHROPOLOGY. 



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M. (1(3 Quaterfages gives the following scheme of knowledge with 

 reference to the kingdom of man: 



Empires. 



Inorganic .. 



Organic 



Kin ledums. 



Sidereal . . 

 Mineral . . 



Vegetable 

 Animal... 



Human .. 



Phenomena. 



Keplerian movement 



Kcpleiian movement jj/«spbj'sico- ( 

 chemistry. } 



Keplerian mo vementp/MS pliysico- S 

 chemistry jjZms vitality. ^ 



Keplerian moveinent_pfMsphy8ico- ' 

 chemistry jjZ((s vitality plus vol 

 nntary motion, 



Keplerian movement j^iMsphysi co- 

 chemistry jjZ«s vitality j)?w« vol J 

 nntary motion jjZffs morality) 

 and leligiosity. 



Canses. 



Gravitation. 



Gravitation. 



EtherodynamicB. 



Gravitation. 



Etherodynamica. 



Life. 



Gravitation. 



Etherodynamica. 



Life. 



Animal spirit. 



Gravitation. 



Etherodynamics. 



Life. 



Animal spirit. 



Human spirit. 



Being a pronounced monogeiiist the author brings his theory into 

 contrast with that of the polygeuists in the scheme. 



MONOGENISM. 



All men belong to one and the same 

 species. 



Tlie 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 human species first occupied only a 

 circumscribed area of the globe. There is 

 then a question of geographic origin to 

 resolve. 



The globe was peopled by migrations of 

 which wo have to search the traces and 

 reconstruct the history. 



To-day there probably exists no au- 

 tochthonous people. America in partic- 

 ular and Polynesia wore peopled only by 

 colonists. 



The human species inhabit to-day the 

 "entire globe, the jiole as well as the eqna- 



II. Mis. COO 3i 



POLYGENISM. 



There are several species of men. 



These differences are like specific char- 

 acters. 



At what epoch have appeared the dif- 

 ferent human species ? Have they arisen 

 simultaneously or successively? The 

 question of antiquity is multiple. 



The different species have first appeared 

 on the spots where history announced 

 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 whicli history has 

 preserved the memory are exceptional 

 and have exercised only an insignificant 

 influence over the geographical distribu- 

 tion of peoples. 



Excepting the European colonies 

 founded in our day and those recorded in 

 history, almost l.he entire globe has been 

 peopled by autochthones. Specially, all 

 the peoples of America and Polynesia 

 were and .could only bo the products of 

 the soil where modern explorers have 

 found tliem. 



The h umau peoples constituti ng so many 

 species originating on the spot were made 



