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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  J. 
  Lubbock's 
  theory 
  is, 
  that 
  in 
  these 
  Savages 
  

   we 
  see 
  something 
  rather 
  above 
  than 
  under 
  

   the 
  primitive 
  condition 
  of 
  Mankind. 
  But 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  safely 
  said 
  that 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  

   diminution 
  of 
  mental 
  capacity 
  below 
  that 
  of 
  

   an 
  Australian 
  Savage, 
  would 
  render 
  Man's 
  

   characteristic 
  structure 
  incompatible 
  w 
  r 
  ith 
  the 
  

   maintenance 
  of 
  his 
  existence 
  in 
  most, 
  if 
  not 
  

   in 
  all, 
  of 
  the 
  countries 
  where 
  he 
  is 
  actually 
  

   found. 
  If 
  that 
  frame 
  was 
  once 
  more 
  bestial, 
  

   it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  better 
  adapted 
  for 
  a 
  bestial 
  

   existence. 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  conceive 
  

   how 
  it 
  could 
  ever 
  have 
  emerged 
  from 
  that 
  

   existence 
  by 
  virtue 
  of 
  Natural 
  Selection. 
  Man 
  

   must 
  have 
  had 
  human 
  proportions 
  of 
  mind 
  

   before 
  he 
  could 
  afford 
  to 
  lose 
  bestial 
  pro- 
  

   portions 
  of 
  body. 
  If 
  the 
  change 
  in 
  mental 
  

  

  