The Testimony of Modern Science to the Unity of Mankind Being a Summary of the
The Testimony of Modern Science to the Unity of Mankind Being a Summary of the
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734. THE HUMAN RACES. 273 sidered by Sir Charles Lyell, announces the present opinion of geologists in the following summary : " Human bones have been found in doubtful positions, geologically considered, such as deserted mines and caves, in the detritus at the bottom of cliffs, but never in tranquil, undisturb- ed deposits, participating in the mineral charac- ters of the undoubted fossils of these deposits. The petrified skeletons in the calcareous concretes of Guadaloupe are of a comparative...ly recent origin. " So much for the geological proof of the indefinite antiquity of the human race. §4. ARGUMENT FOUNDED ON THE " LONG CHRONOLOGY" OF EGYPTIAN MONUMENTS. In this connection we take occasion to com- ment briefly on the attempt made by Nott and Gliddon to prove the existence in Egypt of a nation in an advanced state of development and civilization at the early date of 3, 800 years be- fore Christ, whence they infer the prior exist- ence of man for an indefinite number of years. 10='= 274 COMMON PARENTAGE OF This is indeed the prominent idea of their book, the acceptance of which they make the touch- stone by which they test the fitness of the first savans of the age to draw legitimate deductions from the speciahties to which they have devoted their Kves.
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