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prevails among apes could possibly acquire an intellectual 

 capacity such as that possessed by man. The genus Homo 

 differs from the anthropoid apes in that his skull possesses an 

 innate power of growth, especially in its anterior part, which 

 permits full development of the anterior lobes of his brain, and 

 thus of his intellectual capacity and speech." He adopts the 

 view enunciated in this country by Prof. Boyd Dawkins, and 

 considers the Eskimos as " pure descendants of the glacial 

 inhabitants of Europe"; nor does he hesitate to write of "the 

 men living in Europe before and during the glacial period." Of 

 the pre-glacial existence of man, we are reminded of a special 

 anthropological discussion on this subject, held in London some 

 years ago, at which the President, Sir John Evans, advised the 

 attitude of " Caution, caution, caution." The racial origin of the 

 people of England is accepted by Mr. Macnamara as "formed by 

 the Iberian stock, who, until the mid-neolithic period, were the 

 only human inhabitants of our island " ; and the Iberian race is 

 elsewhere defined as " the people who were directly descended from 

 the aborigines of Northern Africa and Western Europe." Scot- 

 land, Wales, and Ireland have distinct summaries, and the volume 

 is another evidence of the intelligent interest taken by the reading 

 public in the fascinating study of British Anthropology. 



