Science de l'Homme et Méthode anthropologique

Abstract

THERE has always been a great difference of opinion about the scope of the science of anthropology. Huxley's view was that anthropology deals with the whole structure, history, and development of man. Another authority subdivides the subject as follows:—(1) Man's place in nature, i.e. his relation or standing to the animal kingdom as a whole; (2) his origin, whether from one pair or otherwise; (3) classification of races, with delineation of their chief characteristics; (4) antiquity of man; (5) language; (6) development of civilisation as a whole. Mr. Fallaize, in a paper read last year before the Anthropological Institute, has given the following main subdivisions:—(A) man's place in nature; (B) physical structure; (C) physical functions; (D) specifically human activities; and makes divisions (2) and (3) of the previous classification subdivisions of his class (A).

Science de l'Homme et Méthode anthropologique.

By Alphonse Cels. Pp. vi + 467. (Paris: Félix Alcan; Bruxelles: J. Lebégue et Cie., 1904.) Price 7 francs.