In this essay from Man’s Place in Nature (1863), Huxley studies the skulls found in the cave of Engis in Belgium and in the Neanderthal cavern in Germany, comparing them with modern human and ape skulls. He weighs what such fossils can and cannot say about human antiquity.
A landmark early discussion of Neanderthal man, for readers interested in the history of human evolution. Download the free EPUB.