148 GENERAL EVOLUTION. 



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 characteristic types. The deficient 

 calf is the character of infants at a very early stage ; but, what is 

 more important, the flattened bridge of the nose and shortened 

 nasal cartilages are universally immature conditions of the same 

 parts in the Indo-European. Any one may convince himself of 

 that by examining the physiognomies of infants. In some races — 

 e. g., the Slavic — this undeveloped character persists later than in 

 some others. The Greek nose, with its elevated bridge, coincides 

 not only with assthetic beauty, but with developmental perfection. 



This is, however, only ^^ inexact parallelism," as the charac- 

 ters of the hair, etc., can not be ex^^lained on this principle among 

 existing races. The embryonic characters mentioned are probably 

 a remnant of those characteristic of the primordial race or species. 



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

 more distinct and ape-like species. The chin, that marked char- 

 acter 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 characters 

 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 fur- 

 nishes 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 generic characters only. It is a remarkable 

 fact that the orang possesses the peculiarly developed malar bones 

 and the copper color characteristic of the Mongolian inhabitants 

 of the regions in which this animal is found, while the gorilla ex- 

 hibits the prognathic jaws and black hue of the African races near 

 whom he dwells. This kind of geographical imitation is very 

 common in the animal kingdom. 



II. METAPHYSICAL EVOLUTIOIT. 



It is infinitely improbable that a being endowed with such ca- 

 pacities for gradual progress, as man has exhibited, should have 

 been full-fledged in accomplishments at the moment when he 

 could first claim his high title, and abandon that of his simian 

 ancestors. We are, therefore, required to admit the growth ot 

 human intelligence from a primitive state of inactivity and abso- 



