MAN FROM THE FARTHEST PAST 
elevation, is a cave, now known as that of La Chapelle- 
aux-Saints. In 1905, archeological exploration of this 
cave was undertaken by three Corréze priests, the Abbés 
A. and J. Bouyssonie and L. Bardon. These explorations, 
which from the beginning were successful, resulting in 
the recovery of numerous industrial and other vestiges of 
Paleolithic man, progressed gradually until the uniform 
archeological stratum was nearly exhausted, when, on 
August 3, 1908, in the floor of the cave, the excavators 
came across a shallow artificial fossa in which lay rem- 
nants of the bones of a remarkable human skeleton. 
The human bones were carefully: gathered and sent to 
Professor Boule, at the Museum of Natural History, Paris, 
where they were cleaned and as far as possible restored. 
The following December Professor Boule demonstrated 
the skull, giving at the same time the first account of the 
find, before the Paris Academy of Sciences. One week 
later, MM. Bouyssonie and Bardon presented before 
the Academy their own observations, and these reports 
were followed at short intervals by several others before 
the same scientific body. 
Subsequently the skull and other parts of the skeleton 
were subjected by Professor Boule to a thorough study 
and comparison (Fig. 20). The results of his work were 
published in a series of communications extending through 
the sixth, seventh, and eighth volumes of the 4znales de 
Paléontologie, and in 1913 they were issued in a large 
individual volume. 
These various reports show that the cave of La Chapelle- 
aux-Saints is a moderate-sized and rather low cavity, 
about 6 m. (ig ft.) long, 2 to 4 m. (6 to 13 ft.) broad, and 
I to 1.0 m. (3 to 4.5 ft.) high. When first approached 
it was seen to be nearly filled with old accumulations, 
which later disclosed numerous traces of man, and with 
débris of the rock from the roof and sides. 
The stratigraphy of the cave was found to be quite 
simple. There was but one fossiliferous layer, of Pleisto- 
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