SECTIONAL TRANSACTIONS.—H. 347 
26. Mr. O. G. 8. Crawrorp.—Climate and Migrations in the Neolithic 
Age in Britain. 
AFTERNOON. 
27. M. Z. te Rovuzic.—Problems of the Megaliths of Le Morbihan. 
Until recently most students placed menhirs, dolmens, and alignments in the ages 
before metal ; many monuments explored had yielded objects of stone, and none of 
those suspected of being early had yielded metal. It was too little considered that the 
stone axes found were of extraordinary perfection of form and fragility of substance, 
and could not have been used. Later excavations have yielded gold and much pottery, 
and on both counts it is now necessary to assume that the monuments belong to the 
early age of metal. It is probable that the factors of development of this culture 
include stimuli spreading from the lands in and around the eastern Mediterranean, 
but the perforated hammer stones, and perhaps also the fine axes of polished stone, 
represent influences working down from north-west Europe. Carnac district (Morbihan) 
saw the mingling of these two currents of civilisation and witnessed a long-continued 
process of development. 
Early monuments are small with small mounds marked in each case by a menhir; 
some are of pre-metal days. Others are built of large blocks, and are often much later. 
This civilisation lasted down to the Iron Age at least, in Brittany, and probably on 
to the coming of the Romans. Indeed a great deal of this old civilisation lingers on 
to this day. 
28. Col. pe GuirtIn.—The Megalithic Culture of Guernsey. 
29. Mr. T. F. Hewer.—Some Round Barrows on the Mendips. 
During the past two years the excavation of some barrows on the Mendips has 
been in progress. In one case a primary cist interment yielded a beaker of Phase I, 
Type Bl. (Abercromby). R 
In a group of four barrows at Tyning’s Farm three cinerary urns were found, in 
one case associated with a lozenge-shaped bronze awl and beads of jet and vitreous 
paste. These barrows were peculiarly rich in flint implements. 
Wednesday, September 2. 
Morning. 
30. Mr. P. H. Pyorarr.—On the Number of Species in the Genus Homo. 
It is contended that the recognition of several species and sub-species of modern 
man is imperative. And it is equally imperative that these should be founded on 
cranial characters alone: retaining the colour and form of the hair, the colour of the 
skin, and eyes, stature, and so on, for minor subdivisions, or as supplementary to the 
cranial characters. 
The type of each such species, or sub-species, must be founded upon a single 
skull, which must present sufficiently salient features to enable it to be distinguished 
from all other skulls, and once described shall be designated the ‘ Type.’ 
Furthermore, it is contended that the attempts so far made towards framing a 
Classification of Man have failed, because they are in part based upon ‘ Cultural’ 
rather than upon ‘ Physical’ characters. The introduction of ‘ Ethnical’ characters 
has made confusion worse confounded. 
Finally, an appeal is made to re-consider what useful purpose is served by the 
retention of the Frankfort base-line. 
31. Mr. R. N. Saraman.—Inheritance of Facial Types. 
Three facial types are found in the essentially inbred Jewish community :— 
1. The Armenoid Type.—The face and often the head is round, nose round or 
hooked, brows and chin devoid of all angularity, and mouth small. This is 
the popularly accepted Jewish type. 
