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It would be an objection of little weight could it be 

 truly urged that there have as yet no remains of ape- 

 like men been discovered, for we have frequently been 

 called upon in the course of paleontological discovery 

 to bridge greater gaps than this, and greater remain, 

 which we expect to fill. But we have apelike charac- 

 ters exhibited by more than one race of men yet existing. 



But the remains of that being which is supposed to 

 have been the progenitor of man may have been dis- 

 covered a short time since in the cave of Naulette, Bel- 

 gium, with the bones of the extinct rhinoceros and 

 elephant. 



We all admit the existence of higher and lower races, 

 the latter being those which we now find to present 

 greater or less approximations to the apes. The pecu- 

 liar structural characters that belong to the negro in his 

 most typical form are of that kind, however great may 

 be the distance of his remove therefrom. The flatten- 

 ing of the nose and prolongation of the jaws constitute 

 such a resemblance ; so are the deficiency of the calf of 

 the leg, and the obliquity of the pelvis, which approaches 

 more the horizontal position than it does in the Cau- 

 casian. The investigations made at Washington during 

 the war with reference to the physical characteristics of 

 the soldiers show that the arms of the negro are from 

 one to two inches longer than those of the whites : 

 another approximation to the ape. In fact, this race is 

 a species of the genus Homo, as distinct in character 

 from the Caucasian as those we are accustomed to rec- 

 ognize in other departments of the animal kingdom ; 

 but he is not distinct by isolation, since intermediate 

 forms between him and the other species can be abun- 

 clantly found, 



