ANTHROPOLOGY.-c^w/. 



CHAPTER II. 



ACTUAL RACES IN HISTORY. 



48. We have considered whether, in the past, 

 there ever existed a species of men, different from 

 that which we know of now. This was the ques- 

 tion of prehistoric anthropology. It still remains 

 to be seen whether, in historic times, any man of a 

 different species from our own has existed, and 

 can exhibit in his person the link which is sought 

 for to connect us with a lower order of animals. 

 The most imperfect races of mankind are judged 

 to be those in Australia, and others, such as the 

 Bushmen, in Africa. But these are now pro- 

 nounced, by the most unexceptionable science of 

 the day, to be altogether men of our own organiza- 

 tion. So that, if we go by the authority of scien- 

 tific men, the question is closed. There is not, 

 and there has not been, any species of mankind 

 distinct from the one which we know. All men 

 are, and have been, of one formation, one organi- 

 zation, whether they are looked at anatomically, 

 physiologically, or intellectually. 



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