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1894.] Archeology and Ethnology. . 905 
lived in the warm regions of central France, may have produced a few 
* sports,’ widely differing physically and mentally from the parents, 
and these ‘ sports’ were the ancestors of man." Here we have a the- | 
ory submitted to biologists, which is not supposed to be Darwinism or 
apeism, and yet it bears a strong family resemblance to both. To my 
vision, it appears inconsistent with some of what has gone before. Its 
special mission appears to be, to get rid of the “ missing link.” But 
he cannot be gotten rid of so easily’ “This is a theory " Brinton says 
“which is as good as another.” But it is not as good as another, until 
all the ape characters of man, recent and paleolithic, are explained 
away. In fact I suspect that the “sporting ” is altogether confined to 
the theory! for paleontology does not give any ground for supposing 
that sports have any part in the general advance which we call 
evolution. The process has been by the gradual accumulation of 
increment after increment. Besides, the “tree ape” turns out to 
have been a baboon! 
E. D. Core. 
