material traces of the prehit toric occupancy of the continent 
Ihcy physical man, and /.acre especially the 'aboriginal 
American man , received the attention hie position as the 
original proprietor of the continent and no one of the principal 
races of men *vould suggest and make- appropriate. The problems 
of the origin of the American race have occupied many minds since 
the discovery of the continent,, but it Is on ly ulthin recent 
years the; anything like real scientific deductions have become 
possible* It was made apparent that there is but one American 
moo, fa A : ' • A :•> trace has ever been round of any other than 
the Indian race on the continent * It was that this people 
represent? physically an advanced and hence a relatively late 
form of hiiS58.nl ty $ that it connects in Its physical and physio- 
logical characteristics with the yellow-brown people of eastern 
ap1h # and more remotely, in all probability, with the latest 
paleolithic or early neolithic peoples of the old - orld. 
It was shown that the original inhabitant- of America must 
