THE AGE OF MAN.
_ If the'claims of old'descent wore a justifiable source of pride, thoJiuman race would feel elated on being assured by the wise men of the British Association that authentic proof has -been discovered in some Welch caves that men,. sufficiently devcloped'from the apa to manufacture flint implements, existed on this planet 240,000 years ago.' To us it is a melancholy reflection that wo should have taken so prodi,<iouß a timeto attain so small a result. Even when the duration of the race is limited to thei'«ix thousand years of history, the outcome can hardly bo considered as satisfactory,'-and there is something profiamdly depressing in the sudden addition of a series ofnncestora who spent 234,009 years iri marking time indeed, but iti making, no other mark in the world.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2473, 10 December 1886, Page 2
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131THE AGE OF MAN. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2473, 10 December 1886, Page 2
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