The Descent of Man

gro type of features; but Messrs. Nott and
Gliddon (ibid. p. 146, fig. 53), describe him as a
hybrid, but not of "negro intermixture.") He
would also hear, on the authority of an excellent
observer, Dr. Lund (6. As quoted by Nott
and Gliddon, 'Types of Mankind,' 1854, p. 439.
They give also corroborative evidence; but C.
Vogt thinks that the subject requires further
investigation.), that the human skulls found in
the caves of Brazil, entombed with many extinct
mammals, belonged to the same type as
that now prevailing throughout the American
Continent.
Our naturalist would then perhaps turn to geographical
distribution, and he would probably
declare that those forms must be distinct species,
which differ not only in appearance, but
are fitted for hot, as well as damp or dry countries,
and for the Artic regions. He might appeal
to the fact that no species in the group next
to man—namely, the Quadrumana, can resist a