profoundiN' alTcclcd M;iii. in hisli)ri(;il limes; fiilurc studies will 

 clarify nun li of ilic idinplii iited innuciucs of llic ( iilliirps to which 

 fhcy fi;;t\c liirth and whii h have grown side l)\' side and often o\-er- 

 lapped one anotlier. 



Anthropofjicnv just now is still a \'cry inconi|)lete mosaic, many of 

 the parts of which, however, are clearly cut and definite. Until 

 such time as the [uehistory of Asia and of Africa has received the 

 serious consideration of students it deserves, it will not be possible to 

 progress much beyond present knowledge. 



Outside of the epoch-making discovery of the Trinil man in Java, 

 the anthropogenist has been obliged to limit his researches to the 

 fteld of Western Europe. 



It is self evident that most of the discoveries of the past, as well 

 as those of the future, must be largely accidental. 



The further back research is extended, the rarer the dependable 

 specimens become, owing to great changes that have destroyed or 

 buried deeply the osseous remains of primitive men. The increasing 

 certainty that our race was very sparingly represented on the whole 

 surface of the globe, until recent centuries, is another feature which 

 must greatly retard future inquiry, beyond the present knowledge of 

 our invasion of Europe from Asia and our cultural advancement in 

 that region of the earth. 



For the last ten thousand years or so, Europe seems to have been 

 inhabited by four dominant races: the Mediterranean long heads, 

 of dark hair and complexion, with brown eyes, the ^Alpine broad 

 heads with dark hair and grey or blue eyes, the Teutonic long heads 

 with fair skin, blonde hair and blue eyes, with the Cro-Magnon 

 race as a background. 



While much comparative material has been secured and examined, 

 the relations of these races with one another and the influence of re- 

 action upon one another have not yet been established in a definite 

 scientific manner. The survey of the whole period furnishes the 

 evidence, soon to be confirmed, that from the east, northeast and 

 south, alternating invasions brought new peoples and their cultures, 

 at that time. 



The area of these invasions covered modern Europe and the 

 coast of northern Africa. The anatomical study of the considerable 

 skeletal material discovered, shows no evidence of negroid affinity 

 (except in two Grimaldi skeletons), and indicates the dominance of 

 races of, or related to, the Caucasian stock. 



From this point, anthropogeny treads more certain ground, be- 

 cause the evidence is clearly defined. The copper and bronze age, 

 w^hile merging into the stone age, offers no uncertain demarcations, 

 ethno-geography, geology, archaeology and paleontology assist and 

 confirm the evidence from different scientific points of view. 



The Cro-]\Iagnon seems to be the oldest race of historical times, 

 the other existing now being comparatively recent modifications of 

 ancient human types, not yet established. 



Beyond them, the Brunn race, once important, has disappeared, 



