i899 S. S. BUCKMAN— HUMAN BABIES II3 



Head long (dolichocephalic); face decidedly prognathous, 

 jaws heavy and prominent ; lips heavy ; mouth large, fur- 

 nished, in the males, with fairly developed canine teeth 

 for fighting. Nose very depressed, broad ; nostrils large, 

 parted by a broad septum. In the males each side of nose 

 carried fleshy protuberances, spreading below the eyes ; 

 these protuberances furrowed and highly coloured with 

 red, especially during the breeding period. Cheeks 

 perhaps pouched for storage of food ; eyes blue, large, 

 prominent ; ears rather large, slightly movable. 



Head covered with reddish-brown hair, which in male 

 probably stood up as a prominent crest over the skull. 

 Both sexes furnished with beard, whiskers, and moustache,* 

 in colour yellowish-brown, inclining to become white. 



The animal lived in herds, and carried on a certain 

 amount of communication by means of guttural sounds. 

 The breeding season would have been limited to a certain 

 portion of the year. There would have been much fight- 

 ing between the males. There would have been promis- 

 cuous intercourse subject to the law of battle. t 



VI. Our Human Ancestor 



The pre-human ancestor acquired the ability to walk 

 more and more on the hind Hmbs, until the perfection of 



* Among the bearded races of Man it is stated that the female is becoming more 

 hairy about the face. This follows the well-known law of the gradual transmission of 

 male characters of hair, horns, etc. to the female ; so the female of the future Man should 

 again become more and more bearded. 



t The season would have been spring, and the effect is still felt in Man, according to 

 poets. [As to the season and the nature of the intercourse there are relics in sundry customs 

 — notably the kissing ceremony of Hungerford, in April ; a similar practice in Birming- 

 ham — the subject of a police-court case this j-ear ; and the May-day revels. The actual 

 significance of these customs is shown by the religious festivals of certain tribes of India, 

 where the ceremonies are fully carried out (described by Westermarck in his " History of 

 Human Marriage"); and also by the worship of Priapus. Oct., 1899.] 



