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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  very 
  able 
  and 
  ingenious 
  writer, 
  whose 
  work 
  

   is 
  unfortunately 
  anonymous,* 
  but 
  whose 
  

   opinions 
  are 
  endorsed 
  by 
  the 
  high 
  authority 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  Poole, 
  has 
  assumed 
  that 
  this 
  change 
  

   is 
  not 
  within 
  the 
  compass 
  of 
  any 
  natural 
  

   causes, 
  and 
  cannot 
  be 
  accounted 
  for 
  by 
  

   any 
  lapse 
  of 
  time. 
  On 
  this 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  

   other 
  grounds 
  he 
  adopts 
  the 
  theory 
  that 
  

   Adam 
  was 
  the 
  progenitor 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  

   races 
  only 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  before 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  

   Adam, 
  the 
  Black 
  Race 
  had 
  been 
  established 
  

   in 
  the 
  Continent 
  of 
  Africa. 
  He 
  maintains 
  

   that 
  in 
  the 
  Mosaic 
  narrative, 
  contrary 
  to 
  

   the 
  usual 
  interpretation, 
  there 
  are 
  clear 
  indi- 
  

   cations 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  pre 
  -Adamite 
  

   races. 
  This 
  theory 
  undoubtedly 
  explains 
  

  

  * 
  "Genesis 
  of 
  the 
  Earth 
  and 
  of 
  Man." 
  

  

  