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name Iberia ( Georgia), in the same manner as the 

 Gauls have left their name in Galatia, or modern 

 Anatolia, south of the Aladag mountains. After a 

 lapse of time sufficient to allow the non-Aryan Neolithic 

 civilisation to penetrate into every part of the Continent, 

 the Celtic Aryans poured in, and made themselves 

 masters of a large part of Gaul and Spain in the 

 Neolithic age. It may be inferred from the geographi- 

 cal position of Germany, as well as from the distribu- 

 tion of the human skulls, and the evidence of history, 

 that it also was held by these two races of men. The 

 Iberic peoples were probably driven from the regions 

 east of the Khine by the Celts, and they in their turn by 

 the Belgse, just as within the Historic period the Belgae 

 were pushed farther to the west by the Germans, who 

 in their turn were compelled to leave their ancient 

 homes to be occupied by Sclaves. Thus we have evi- 

 dence of two distinct races in Neolithic Europe, the 

 older, or non-Aryan, and the newer, or the Aryan. 

 There is no reason to believe that the Iberic tribes 

 derived their culture from, or were related in blood to, 

 their predecessors the Cave-men. The progress of civil- 

 isation in Europe has been continuous from the Neo- 

 lithic age down to the present time, and in that remote 

 age the history of the nations of the west finds its 

 proper starting-point. 



