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Iii addition to the species here listed the writer has obtained 
from Stratum No. 3 parts of the teeth of Elcphas columbi, Mam- 
mut cmicricanum, Tapirus haysiif and Equus leidyif. Owing to 
the fact that the teeth found are broken (although not water-worn) 
the writer hesitates to refer these species definitely to stratum No. 
3. The considerable number of specimens found, however, and 
especially the large pieces of the teeth of Mamniut amcricdnum 
that have been obtained, render it probable that some or all of 
these species continued their existence in Florida up to the time 
of the deposition of stratum No. 3. This suggestion is strength¬ 
ened. by the undoubted presence of several species of extinct tur¬ 
tles in this horizon. The cultural stage of man contemporaneous 
with stratum No. 3 was cpiite advanced as indicated, by the pres¬ 
ence of pottery, ornaments and a diversity of bone implements. 
These artifacts are numerous in this horizon, and as the deposit 
is stratified and undisturbed it is cpiite impossible that they could 
have been placed there by burial. 
SUMMARY. 
In considering the fossil human remains from Florida interest 
centers chiefly in the horizon represented by stratum No. 2 of the 
section at Vero, this being the earliest stage in which human re¬ 
mains have been found. That this horizon is of Pleistocene age and 
that man was then present in Florida is determined by the observa¬ 
tions recorded in this paper, of which the following paragraphs 
contain a summary. 
In October, 1915, skeletal remains of man were found in place 
in stratum No. 2 of the section in the canal bank at Vero at the lo¬ 
cality indicated by a in text-figure 2 ; in April, 1916, a bird bone 
and. the tip of a proboscidian tusk on which are found markings 
which apparently were made by a tool were taken in place in this 
stratum at the locality indicated by b; in June, 1916, skeletal re¬ 
mains of man and a spawl from a flint implement were taken in 
place in this stratum at the locality indicated by c, and while pass¬ 
ing the sand from this stratum through a sieve several additional 
small flints and two bone implements were found at localities c and 
d. At locality a the stratum holding the human remains grades 
at the top into a hard, marl rock. At localities b, c, and d the stra¬ 
tum holding the human remains is overlaid by an alluvial deposit, 
No. 3 of the section. This overlying deposit is stratified and was 
undisturbed above the human bones. These observations, as well 
