ORIGIN OF MANKIND.

Franklin Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 100, 28 August 1933, Page 2

ORIGIN OF MANKIND.

The question of the origin of man was referred to by Professor J. Shelley in a recent address in Christchurch. “ Man did not come from any of the present ape families,” declared Professor Shelley. “ There are no apes at the present time in the world which represent the species from which man has developed, They are just off-shoots.” Man had probably originated in north-west India or Turkestan, though the exact region was still conjectural, the lecturer continued. One branch had gone south to form the aboriginals of Australia, an extremely primitive type. After one migration they were cut off for tens of thousands of years. Another migration moved eastward to Mongolia, and thence to America, where their descendants were the Red Indians and some of the South American races. Another race, which could be called the Cromagnon race, went westward towards Europe. Other migrations went north and south into Africa. But these races were only convenient terms to denote movements which might have gone on at irregular periods over a large number of years.