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In the middle Miocene age there are no remains of 
Mammals such as at present are extant with us. 
One huge Ape ‘ Dryopithecus’ has been discovered 
in that age, with huge canine Gorilla-like teeth, also in 
the Miocene an Ape ‘ Semnopithecus,’ and a slender Ape 
‘Mesopithecus,’ but Hartmann tells us, “ the opinion 
gains ground that Man cannot have descended from any 
of the fossil species which have hitherto come under our 
notice.” (Anthropoid Apes, Hartmann.) 
The famous ‘Neanderthal Skull,’ which created a 
sensation, has been judged by Pruner to be that of an 
idiot; by Virchow the skull of one diseased; and denied 
by Huxley to be that of a link between Man and Ape. 
As there is no trace of Manin the Miocene, so is 
there none of his works; The Thenay Flints (Miocene) 
are doubtful in the opinion of Gaudry; and Hartmann 
says “ The alleged presence of shaped flints in the Miocene 
age still demands careful consideration.” Shaped and 
unshaped flints are often indistinguishable; bones, grooved 
by Man, have turned out to be scored by Hyena teeth. 
Gaudry says of the Miocene flints if these are shaped, it 
was ‘ Dryopithecus’ that shaped them, but ‘ Dryopithe- 
cus’ he calls an “interesting hypothesis” there are of 
him only a few fragments of bone. 
A jawbone, supposed to be that of Primitive Man, 
was found by De Perthes at Abbeville, it deceived scien- 
tific persons for a time, and proved a gigantic imposture. 
When man does appear he appears perfect at once: 
A skull found by Virchow, in a grave of the stone age, 
was remarkable for its unusual beauty, as well as size; 
so that it appeared to have belonged to a highly organ- 
ised type. 
To account for the absence of all proof of Evolution 
we are unceasingly told that the earth’s crust has been 
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