368 ORGANIC EVOLUTION CONSIDERED 



But, alas for the theory of the missing link! " Vir- 

 chow has pointed out that some of the Nigritos pos- 

 sess a remarkably small cranial capacity, as little as 

 950 cubic centimetres, and an inhabitant of New- 

 Britain only 860 cubic centimetres, a capacity even 

 smaller than the man of Trinil. Until we learn the 

 characters of the lower jaw, we shall be in doubt as 

 to whether this individual pertains to the Homo 

 sapiens or the Homo neanderthalensis." * 



It is admitted, then, that these bones are human, 

 and that their possessor was not more degraded than 

 the Neanderthal man of whom Huxley wrote. 



The skulls of Neanderthal, Spy and Trinil, all have 

 a capacity of 1,000 cubic centimetres, or more, which 

 is considerably more than that of various living men. 



So eager were Dubois and Heeckel to supply the 

 connecting link between men and apes that, for the 

 man of Trinil, they proposed "a new genus, Pithe- 

 canthropus," "and even a new family, Pithecan- 

 thropidse, without having shown that he is not a 

 member of the genus Homo." It is certain, from 

 what has been said, that paleontology has not shown 

 how man originated. 



Cope, however, does not hesitate to make out the 

 genealogy of man, extending through all the geolog- 

 ical ages.f I will repeat this genealogy, giving mostly 

 the common, instead of the technical names, which 

 he uses, and I will add certain details which the 

 author omits. Man began away back beyond the old- 

 est known fossils as a Protozoan, which was simply a 

 gelatinous cell, floating in the ocean. In due time he 

 became a jelly-fish, or, possibly, a polyp, much like 

 those that make coral. Desiring to lead a more 

 active life, he stretched his body, in his numerous 



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