Punch,  61 (1871), 156.

Astounding Intelligence

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Ethnology, Archaeology, Hypothesis


    Confused by a report about the International Prehistoric Congress. Claims that, if prehistoric man is 'aught more than an hypothesis', it is 'represented only by the Neanderthal Skull'. Wonders whether congress members are prehistoric men and whether they derive from the 'Drift' where their flints, 'copper caps', and 'cartridges' may one day be found.



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