MAN FROM THE FARTHEST PAST 
ever, differed from the very broad-faced Cro-Magnons 
in having a harmonic form of head; that is, the face was 
narrow, like the brain-case. 
Thus it would seem that during this period two dis- 
tinct races occupied Europe, the Cro-Magnon in the west 
and that of Brinn more to the east, particularly in the 
valley of the Danube. This would harmonize with the 
belief that the Solutrean culture came originally from 
that direction. It has been suggested, moreover, that 
in the Briinn race we have the remote ancestors of the 
type of northern European, tall, fair, and narrow skulled, 
which we know as the Nordic race; but whether this be 
true or not only time and further research can tell. 
THE AURIGNACIAN EpocH 
The Aurignacian epoch, the earliest of the three in- 
cluded within the Upper Paleolithic, endured for perhaps 
7,000 or 8,000 years. Its culture appears to have reached 
Europe toward the close of the fourth great glacial stage, 
that known as the Wurm, somewhere around 25,000 or 
30,000 years ago, finding a climate much colder than that 
of the present and quite severe enough to compel man to 
seek refuge in rock-shelters and the mouths of caves. 
The splendid Cro-Magnon race first appears in Europe 
at the beginning of the Aurignacian. At this time, in 
addition to its other fine attributes, it enjoyed that of 
exceptionally great stature, which it later lost. The men 
seem actually to have averaged over six feet in height, 
and individuals have been found who stood over six feet 
four inches. In addition to this splendid height, the 
men had deep chests and broad shoulders, and the pro- 
portions of their leg bones show that they were capable 
of great speed and physical activity. The Cro-Magnon 
race stands, in fact, among the finest that has ever ex- 
isted anywhere in the world. 
It has been suggested that the race originated some- 
where in Asia and moved slowly westward, along the 
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