CONTENTS. 

 PART I. 



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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS i 



DISTRIBUTION OF MANKIND 19 



DOES MANKIND CONSIST OF ONE OR OF SEVERAL SPECIES ? . . .24 



THE ANCESTORS OF MAN . . .26 



VIEWS OF BRANCO 26 



DUBOIS 27 



SCHLOSSER 27 



RHUMBLER 28 



MORRIS 28 



COPE 28 



KLAATSCH 29 



FOSSIL APES 29 



TERTIARY MAN . -33 



STATURE OF TERTIARY MAN . . 36 



BIRTHPLACE OF TERTIARY MAN 37 



QUATERNARY MAN ........... 39 



TRANSITION FROM THE PALEOLITHIC TO THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD . 46 



NEOLITHIC MAN 49 



PART II. 



A. COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY 52 



I. BONES 52 



SKULL 53 



VERTEBRAL COLUMN 66 



THORAX 69 



BREAST BONE, COLLAR BONE AND SHOULDERS .... 70 



PELVIS 72 



ABSENCE OF TAIL 73 



EXTREMITIES 75 



II. MUSCULAR SYSTEM 83 



III. SKIN, HAIR, NAILS, PIGMENTATION, GLANDS 95 



IV. HEART AND VESSELS 107 



SPLEEN, LYMPH GLANDS . . 112 



BLOOD-CELLS . . . 112 



