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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  they 
  can, 
  then 
  must 
  not 
  a 
  vast 
  and 
  indefi- 
  

   nite 
  lapse 
  of 
  time 
  have 
  been 
  occupied 
  in 
  

   the 
  gradual 
  development 
  of 
  divergent 
  types 
  ? 
  

   On 
  this 
  question 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  datum 
  on 
  

   which 
  to 
  reason, 
  unless 
  we 
  can 
  ascertain 
  

   how 
  far 
  back 
  in 
  Time-absolute 
  these 
  diver- 
  

   gences 
  had 
  already 
  become 
  established. 
  

   Now, 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  datum 
  which 
  Egypt 
  gives 
  

   us. 
  In 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  perfect 
  of 
  the 
  

   paintings 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  preserved 
  to 
  us, 
  

   a 
  great 
  Egyptian 
  monarch 
  is 
  symbolically 
  

   represented 
  as 
  ruling 
  with 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  

   life 
  and 
  death 
  over 
  subject 
  races 
  : 
  and 
  these 
  

   are 
  depicted 
  with 
  accurate 
  and 
  characteristic 
  

   likeness. 
  Conspicuous 
  in 
  this 
  group 
  is 
  one 
  

   figure, 
  painted 
  to 
  the 
  life 
  both 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  

   colour, 
  which 
  proves 
  that 
  the 
  race 
  which 
  

  

  