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resembles the Neanderthal form more closely than any of the 
Australian skulls do, by the much more rapid retrocession 
of the forehead. On the other hand, the Borreby skulls are 
all somewhat broader, in proportion to their length, than the 
Neanderthal skull, while some attain that proportion of 
breadth to length (80: 100) which constitutes brachycephaly. 
In conclusion, I may say, that the fossil remains of Man 
hitherto discovered do not seem to me to take us appreciably 
nearer to that lower pithecoid form, by the modification of 
which he has, probably, become what he is. And considering 
what is now known of the most ancient Races of men ; seeing 
that they fashioned flint axes and flint knives and bone- 
skewers, of much the same pattern as those fabricated by the 
lowest savages at the present day,and that we have every 
reason to believe the habits and modes of living of such people 
to have remained the same from the time of the Mammoth 
and the tichorhine Rhinoceros till now, I do not know that 
this result is other than might be expected. 
Where, then, must we look for primeval Man? Was 
the oldest Homo sapiens pliocene or miocene, or yet more 
ancient? In still older strata do the fossilized bones of an 
Ape more anthropoid, or a Man more pithecoid, than any 
yet known await the researches of some unborn paleon- 
tologist ? 
Time will show. But, in the meanwhile, if any form of 
the doctrine of progressive development is correct, we must 
extend by long epochs the most liberal estimate that has yet 
been made of the antiquity of Man. 
THE END. 
G. NORMAN, PRINTER, MAIDEN LANE, COVENT GARDEN. 
