. Bulletin. Ethnology. h'kdliCka] FINDS EELATING TO EAELY MAN 13 main groups, namely: (1) Baked earth, or tierra cocida; (2) scoriae; (3) used or worked stones; and (4) used or worked bones. On the basis of these and the above-enumerated human specimens, coupled with the presence in South America of certain small fossil monkeys, Ameghino advanced the theory that mankind evolved on that continent, that it was represented there in the course of time by a number of genera of intermediary beings and by several species of man himself, and that he spread thence over the rest of the world. This elabo
. Bulletin. Ethnology. h'kdliCka] FINDS EELATING TO EAELY MAN 13 main groups, namely: (1) Baked earth, or tierra cocida; (2) scoriae; (3) used or worked stones; and (4) used or worked bones. On the basis of these and the above-enumerated human specimens, coupled with the presence in South America of certain small fossil monkeys, Ameghino advanced the theory that mankind evolved on that continent, that it was represented there in the course of time by a number of genera of intermediary beings and by several species of man himself, and that he spread thence over the rest of the world. This elaborate theory can be given in this report only brief space; for the many details which it involves it will be necessary to consult Ameghino's original publications (see Bibhography). The following table, from Ameghino's Le Diprothomo Platensis (1909, p. 206), shows the views of that author as to the sequence of the evolution, though later his conceptions on that subject were probably even further developed. AMEGHINO'S SCHEME OF MAN'S EVOLUTION Hominidse Homo sapiens Homo primigenius Homo sapiens Homo pampaeus Homo"'' Prothomo Diprothomo platensis Triprotliomo, Tetraprothomo. argentinus Hominidae-— primitive Homo ater Pithecan- thropus Anthropo- Pseudhomo morphidae heidelbergensis. Homun- culidse Anthropops Homunculus Pitheculites Clenialites. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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