﻿IOO 
  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  earlier 
  representations 
  of 
  the 
  Negro 
  — 
  referable 
  

   to 
  the 
  " 
  Twelfth 
  Dynasty," 
  or 
  to 
  about 
  

   1,900 
  B.C. 
  In 
  these 
  it 
  is 
  curious 
  that 
  the 
  

   Negro 
  colour 
  is 
  strongly 
  marked, 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  

   Negro 
  feature. 
  This, 
  however, 
  may 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  

   the 
  unskilfulness 
  of 
  early 
  art, 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  fact, 
  

   too 
  often 
  forgotten, 
  that 
  some 
  African 
  tribes 
  

   — 
  as, 
  for 
  example, 
  the 
  Nubians 
  — 
  have 
  not 
  the 
  

   low 
  flat 
  nose 
  or 
  the 
  projecting 
  lips. 
  Nor 
  

   is 
  this 
  the 
  whole 
  evidence 
  afforded 
  by 
  the 
  

   Egyptian 
  pictures. 
  At 
  periods 
  not 
  much 
  later 
  

   in 
  the 
  history, 
  we 
  have 
  elaborate 
  representa- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  battles 
  with 
  Negro 
  nations, 
  — 
  represen- 
  

   tations 
  which 
  go 
  far 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  race 
  

   was 
  then 
  more 
  able 
  to 
  maintain 
  a 
  contest 
  

   with 
  other 
  races 
  than 
  it 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  in 
  

   recent 
  times. 
  And 
  of 
  this 
  a 
  further 
  proof 
  

  

  