92 THE ORIGIN OF MAN 



yellow as the case may be. But can a white man 

 today become black by living in a hot climate any 

 more than he could at that time. A black man 

 could become eventually white through an inter- 

 mixture of breeds but surely not by living in a 

 temperate climate. I do not wish to say that 

 man did not evolve from animals, but this point 

 I wish to be emphasized that the scientific theory 

 does not explain the origin of the white race. As 

 for the theological theory, the Bible has been 

 rewritten so many times that it has finally become 

 an inauthentic source of information on this 

 point. This theory also cannot explain the origin 

 of the black race. We have therefore two theo- 

 ries, one of which cannot explain the origin of 

 the white race, the other which cannot explain 

 the origin of the black race. Why can we not 

 then formulate a third theory which will explain 

 the origin of these different races, and which will 

 at first seem incredulous but will become more 

 and more plausible. We have seen how dead 



