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Show THE ORIGINAL HABITAT OF MAN Prof, Dyche Advances Theory That the First Men Lived in the Arctic Regions. Prof. Dyche of the University of Kansas, recently gave an informal lecture lec-ture at the University club at Kansas City.-' His subject was "The Original Habitat of Man," and he advanced the theory that the first men inhabited the northern part of Greenland and the territory surrounding the poles. In his trip to the northern part of Greenland Prof. Dyche found fossils of the sequoia, or. California redwood tree. As an illustration of the fight of animals against advancing inclement incle-ment nature Prof. Dyche cited the case of the mammoth, which was at first a heat-loving animal. Those which refused to leave their northern home gradually grew hair as a protection. pro-tection. When the environment became be-came too severe the species perished. Prof, uyche drew conclusions from the flight of birds. He believes that birds migrate north to breed, because of an instinct acquired by centuries of returning to the original breeding grounds in the north. |