It has become a commonplace to speak of America and Austrailia as the countries of the future. That is natural because tibey lands as yet only partially developed while im the case of America, when the process of fusing in the melting pot the many races represented on her soil has been accomplished, a new civilization with a culture vastly different frum ours may be reasonably expected. Recent investigations, however, show that fundamental changes of an unexpected nature are making their appearance in these countries. We refer to a new human type which is said to be emerging and of which Captain Pape (an Edinburgh anthropojogist), lecturing at the British Association, gave interesting detailg A close study of the child-yen of Australian descent, he said, showed a distinct increase in cranial development. There was a definite dome over the frontal regions of the skull. The skin was smoothly grained, and the hair was of @ finer texture. The eyes were specify luminous and intelligent, while the lips were sensitive and mobile. The cycrows were rather prominent, and the general type of the face was somewhat itriqngular, with a narrow pOinted chin. The new type was dispositioned towards a meatless diet. In other respects it was'inclined to be playful and mischievous, requiring a sympathetic understanding. In temperament, at least, these children do not diter greatly from those of the old world who have also been known to be "playful and mischievous" and to require "a sympathetic understanding." The general- description, however, suggests that we are sometimes
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