i7 (3*) 



And here let it be particularly observed that two of 

 the most prominent characters of the negro are those of 

 immature stages of the Indo-European race in its char- 

 acteristic types. The deficient calf is the character of 

 infants at a very early stage j but, what is more impor- 

 tant, the flattened bridge of the nose and shortened na- 

 sal cartilages are universally immature conditions of the 

 same parts in the Indo-European. Any one may con- 

 vince himself of that by examining the physiognomies 

 of infants. In some races- e. ., the Slavic this un- 

 developed character persists later than in some others. 

 The Greek nose, with its elevated bridge, coincides not 

 only with aesthetic beauty, but with developmental per- 

 fection. 



This is, however, only "inexact parallelism," as the 

 characters of the hair, etc., cannot be explained on this 

 principle among existing races. The embryonic charac- 

 ters mentioned are probably a remnant of those charac- 

 teristic of the primordial race or species. 



But the man of Naulette, if he be not a monstrosity, 

 in a still more distinct and apelike species. The chin, 

 that marked character of other species of men, is totally 

 wanting, and the dentition is quite approximate to the 

 man-like apes, and different from that of modern men. 

 The form is very massive, as in apes. That he was not 

 abnormal is rendered probable by approximate charac- 

 ters seen in a jaw from the cave of Puy-sur-Aube, and 

 less marked in the lowest races of Australia and New 

 Caledonia. 



As to the single or multiple origin of man, science as 

 yet furnishes no answer. It is very probable that, in 

 many cases, the species of one genus have descended 

 from corresponding species of another by change of 



