100 THE ORIGIN OF MAN 



by past performances, and also such a happen- 

 ing will not occur probably within a million years. 

 Therefore such is my reason for assuming that 

 our earliest ancestors were dwarfs and not giants. 

 I have thereby formed my theory, which is not 

 due to a vague imagination, but which is based 

 on a comparison of the evolution of animal life 

 to the evolution of man, by the discovery of 

 fossil remains and a systematical reasoning. 



