Abstract
IN this book M. Debierre gives a clear and interesting account of some of the results of anthropological research. In dealing with disputed points, however, he is apt to arrive at conclusions somewhat hastily. The doctrine of the unity of the human race he rejects, but he contents himself with a very slight and inadequate consideration of the arguments which may be advanced on the other side. Again, he assumes that there can be no doubt whatever as to the Asiatic origin of the Aryan or Indo-European race. That the original home of the Aryans was in Europe cannot be held to have been proved, but the theory has been accepted by so many investigators, and so much may be said in favour of it, that in a work of this nature it ought at least to have been explained and discussed.
L'Homme avant l'Histoire.
Par Ch. Debierre. (Paris: J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1888.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 37, 126 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/037126c0
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