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affording a clue to the geologic age of the human relics. The dis- 

 coveries and their contents thus classified are as follows : 



Surface discoveries: 



Artifact finds (excluding finds in 35 States accepted by Tbouuis 



Wilson) 17 



Skeletal finds (1 accompanied by fossil fauna) 1 



Cave discoveries: 



Artifact finds (10 accompanied by fossil fauna) 11 



Skeletal finds (13 accompanied by fossil fauna) 15 



Geologic discoveries: 



Artifact finds (34 accompanied by fossil fauna) 89 



Skeletal finds (18 accompanied by fossil fauna) 54 



Approximate total : 



Artifact finds (45 accompanied by fossil fauna) 117 



Skeletal finds (31 accompanied by fossil fauna) 70 



Total (76 accompanied by fossil fauna) 187 



Finally, in order to round out our summary account, it seems fit- 

 ting to add a list of the extinct or fossil organisms found associated 

 with the anthropological remains. Such a list might very well in- 

 clude a number of plants; but circumstances compel their omission 

 and leave even the animal group incomplete both as to items and 

 as to descriptions. The partial list includes : 



Antelope {Antilope maquinensis) Baromys sp. (rodent) 



Bear Chlamydotherium (armadillo) 



Bison {Bison ocoidentalis and one or Didelphis (opossum) 



two others) Eucastor (rodent) 



Camel Olyptodon 



Deer Grypotlierium (ground sloth) 



Dog Eoplophorus 



Elk Hydrochaerus sulcidens (rodent) 



Fox Machairodus (saber-toothed tiger) 



Horse {Onohippidium, etc.) Megalocnus (ground sloth) 



Jaguar {Felis protopanther) Megalonyx (ground sloth) 



Llama Megatherium (ground sloth) 



Mammoth Mylodon (ground sloth) 



Mastodon Neomylodon or Glossotherium (ground 

 Mink {Mustela macrodon) sloth) 



Musk-ox Platyonyx (ground sloth) 



Peccary Scelidotherium (ground sloth) 



Rhinoceros Smilodon (saber-toothed tiger) 



Tapir Toxodon (herbivore) 

 Wolf 



This, then, is the formidable array of facts as alleged in the main 

 by students of the fossil evidences of ancient life derived from the 

 earth's crust and by them put forward as a demonstration of the 



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