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is also readily distinguishable from that of the lower apes, while a 

 difference from the human femur lies possibly in the somewhat greater 

 relative length of the diaphysis. At all events the Trinil femur stands 

 so near to the human that on its basis alone the position of the 

 Pithecanthropus would have to be looked for immediately next to that 

 of man." As to the question whether the thigh bone belongs to the 

 skull, Schwalbe, in accord with Nehring, Dames, Jaekel and others, 

 holds as " much more probable that all the parts of the Dubois find 

 belong together, than that they represent different individuals, the 

 femur a man and the skullcap some great ape" (p. 357). As to 

 the nature of the being represented by all the remains, Schwalbe 

 inclines to the Dubois' notion of its intermediary position between the 

 anthropoids and man. 



In the summer of 1923 the writer visited Europe in the temporary 

 role of a director of the ''American School for Prehistoric Studies in 

 Europe." The first visit was to Dr. Smith Woodward at the British 

 Museum of Natural History. Before going over we had had some 

 correspondence in which I expressed my great desire to see the 

 Pithecanthropus originals. These wishes had most kindly been com- 

 municated to Dr. Dubois at Amsterdam, and upon my arrival, to my 

 great astonishment and joy. Dr. Smith Woodward handed me a tele- 

 gram from Dr. Dubois inviting me most courteously to the Teyler 

 Museum in Haarlem, his home town, where he would show me all 

 the originals in his possession. This great privilege was taken full 

 advantage of by me and my class on July 15. It was the first time 

 the precious specimens had been shown to a scientific man after their 

 long seclusion. We found Dr. Dubois a big-bodied and big-hearted 

 man, who received us with a cordial simplicity. He had all the speci- 

 mens in his possession brought out from the strong boxes in which 

 they are kept, demonstrated them to us personally, and then permitted 

 me to handle them to my satisfaction. Besides the four specimens 

 attributed originally to the Pithecanthropus there was the additional 

 tooth (a premolar), the fragment of the curious fossilized lower jaw, 

 and two interesting, australoid-like, mineralized skeletons from 

 Wadjak. The interior of the skullcap of the Pithecanthropus had 

 now been completely freed from the consolidated tufa that filled it 

 before ; a cast of it was made, and revealed a very remarkable 

 brain of an unexpectedly human-like conformation. 



The examination of the originals made a deep impression. It was 

 seen that none of the casts of the skull that have been found in dif- 

 ferent Institutions was wholly faithful, and the same was felt to be 

 true of the previously published illustrations. The originals were seen 



