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suggesting the skull of an EthioiMan. It is, liowovor, more 

 like that of recent man than is the Neanderthal skull. 



The comparison of the different races of men through the 

 methods of the science of ethnology throws much light on the 

 relations of the races to one another, hut casts little light on 

 .;:he origin of the genus Homo. This study considerahly in- 

 creases the number of primitive races beyond tl»e three stenw 

 usually recognized or the four named by Linnu'us. The form 

 of the skull, the color of the skin, the character of the hair, j-.nd 

 the traits of language have given rise to the technical nomen- 

 clature of numerous more or less well-delined groups. These 



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\G. 296. — Remains of the Nenn<lerfhnl man in the Provincial Mu-. 



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races of men limited by geographical segregation run more or 

 less distinctly parallel to the races or geographical sul^siHu-it^ 

 \vithin widelv distributed sjHH'ies of animals. Our knowleiipo 

 of the origin of man as derived from ethnology is thiw summe«l 

 vp by Huxley: "iSo far a.^ the lig^^ '-• hri-hr it show? him sub- 



