192 THE EARLIEST MEN 



as the Cro-Magnon Race, the Mousterian Race, 

 and, at somewhat later but still very remote eras, 

 the Aurignacians and the Magdalenians. These 

 papers were not intended to contain an account 

 of the discoveries of anthropologists, save in so 

 far as they touch on a few fundamental problems, 

 which were indicated in the first pages. Hence no 

 attempt will be made to deal with these various 

 races, other than to sum up in a few words the 

 principal matters of interest which arise in con- 

 nection with them. In the first place, it may be 

 said that at whatever date or period they may 

 have lived, they were unquestionably men, and 

 that they possessed skulls of a cranial capacity not 

 inferior, and in some cases even very ancient 

 cases superior to that of races reckoned to-day 

 as amongst the highest in existence. They had 

 certain racial characteristics, but so have the 

 peoples of the world to-day, and just as the Tartar 

 differs from Negro, and Negro from European, so 

 there were different races of mankind even at these 

 very early periods. Such is the conclusion at which 

 science has arrived at the present date. 



In the second place the remains of their handi- 

 craft which have come down to us, prove con- 

 clusively that they had not only the skulls but the 

 hands of man, and very skilful hands too, as will 

 be admitted by any person who has examined the 

 highly-finished implements which have come down 

 to us. Let any person who examines some of these 

 implements of flint, set himself down to the task 

 of endeavouring to imitate them with the same 

 materials and the same tools pieces of stone 



