THE ARRIVAL OF MAN IN EUROPE 



the Silures of ancient Britain, the Ligurians of 

 southern Gaul and northern Italy, and the rich 

 and powerful Etruskans all belonged to the 

 Iberian race. 



In very recent times probably not more 

 than twenty centuries before Christ Europe 

 was invaded by a new race of men, coming from 

 central Asia. These were the Aryans, a race 

 tall and massive in stature (the men averaging 

 at least 5 feet 8 inches, and the women 5 feet 

 3 inches), with " brachycephalic " or round and 

 broad skulls, with powerful jaws and prominent 

 eyebrows, with faces rather square or angular 

 than oval, with fair, ruddy complexions and 

 blue eyes, and red or flaxen hair. Of these, 

 the earliest that came may perhaps have been 

 the Latin tribes, with the Dorians and lonians; 

 but the first that made their way through west- 

 ern Europe to the shores of the Atlantic were 

 the Gael, or true Kelts. After these came the 

 Kymry ; then the Teutons ; and finally in 

 very recent times, near the beginning of the 

 Christian era the Slavs. These Aryan in- 

 vaders were further advanced in civilization 

 than the Iberians, who had so long inhabited 

 Europe. They understood the arts which the 

 latter understood, and, besides all this, they 

 had learned how to work metals ; and their in- 

 vasion of Europe marks the beginning of what 

 archaeologists call the Bronze Age, when tools 

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