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of Natural History at Leyden ; and towards the end of the second 

 quarter of 1895, Dubois himself departed for Europe {Vcrsl. Mijnzvz, 



1894-95.) 



Some further excavations at Trinil. during the dry seasons, were 

 nevertheless carried on under the direction of Dubois until 1901, but 

 they yielded, so far as anthropoid or human-like remains are con- 

 cerned, only the premolar tooth, the find of which was reported in 

 1898, as mentioned above, to the Fourth International Congress of 

 Zoology at Cambridge, England. 



Shortly after his return, Dubois made a trip to Paris to show 

 the specimens to Manouvrier, and the occasion, as narrated to me by 

 Manouvrier, later my esteemed teacher and friend, nearly proved 

 disastrous to the bones.* 



THE OPINIONS OF DUBOIS AND OTHERS REGARDING THE REMAINS 



In 1894 Dubois' first important rejiort on the Trinil remains ap- 

 pears under the title '" Pithecanthropus crcctns, eine menschenahnliche 

 l>bergangsform aus Java." 40 pp., 3 figs., 2 pis. (Batavia Landes 

 Druckerei ; reprinted 1915 by G. E. vStechert, N. Y.) 



In this he characterizes the new form as follows : 



Order : Primates 



New Family : Pithccanlhropidae 



Skull (" llirnschadel "), absolutely as well as relatively to stature 

 much more spacious than that of the Siiiiiidac, but less spacious than 

 in the Hominidae; skull capacity about two-thirds of the average 

 capacity in man. Inclination of the lower surface (" Neigung der 

 Nackenflache ") of the occipital bone markedly stronger than in the 

 Simiidac. Teeth, although reduced ("in Riickbildung "), still of the 

 type of the Siiiiiidae. Femur equaling the human in dimensions and, 

 like the human, developed for an upright posture. 



In the same original, able and painstaking memoir. Dr. Dubois 

 (p. 4) gives his principal measurements of the skull and corresponding 



* The incident deserves to be mentioned — if only as a part of the already rich 

 romance of prehistory. Dr. Dubois, according to Manouvrier, brought the speci- 

 mens in a hand satchel. After discussing them with Manouvrier in the Labora- 

 tory, the two went to a nearby restaurant for supper. And so absorbed did they 

 become in argument that as they left, the satchel was forgotten under the table. 

 .And they went some distance, still discussing, before Dubois suddenly missed 

 his bag. There was little time lost in returning to the restaurant where, as the 

 good guardian angel of the Pithecanthropus would have it, and perhaps bccau.se 

 of the late hour, the satchel was still in its place. Nor is this the last piece of 

 romance relating to these remains, as will be seen later. 



