﻿ANCIENT 
  SKELETONS. 
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  call 
  some 
  living 
  specimens 
  of 
  our 
  race 
  — 
  a 
  

   brutal 
  man, 
  yet 
  even 
  this 
  skeleton 
  is 
  in 
  all 
  

   its 
  proportions 
  strictly 
  human. 
  Its 
  cranial 
  

   capacity 
  indicates 
  a 
  volume 
  of 
  brain, 
  and 
  

   some 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  shape 
  not 
  materially 
  

   different 
  from 
  many 
  skulls 
  of 
  Savage 
  races 
  

   now 
  living. 
  The 
  other 
  skeleton, 
  respecting 
  

   which 
  the 
  evidence 
  of 
  extreme 
  antiquity 
  is 
  

   the 
  strongest, 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  perfectly 
  human 
  

   in 
  all 
  its 
  proportions, 
  but 
  its 
  skull 
  has 
  a 
  

   cranial 
  capacity 
  not 
  inferior 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  main- 
  

   modern 
  Europeans. 
  This 
  most 
  ancient 
  of 
  all 
  

   known 
  human 
  skulls 
  is 
  so 
  ample 
  in 
  its 
  

   dimensions 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  have 
  contained 
  the 
  

   brains 
  of 
  a 
  philosopher. 
  So 
  conclusive 
  is 
  

   this 
  evidence 
  against 
  any 
  change 
  whatever 
  in 
  

   the 
  specific 
  characters 
  of 
  Man 
  since 
  the 
  oldest 
  

  

  