MAN'S f^LACE IX NATTT^K 



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In Haeckers Cambridge lectuiv, ''T\w L:ut Link," the facts 

 concerning this fossil are thus sniinned up: 



"The remains in question rested uimii a eonRlomorato which lies 

 upon a bed of marine marl and sand of IMioceiie A^e. Together with 

 the bones of Pithecanthropus were found those of Stegoilou, Ix>ptolxw, 

 Rhinoceros, Sus, Felis, Hyajna, lIij)iioi.ni;nnus, Tapir, KIcpha-s, and a 

 gigantic Pangohn. It is re- 

 markable that the first two 

 of these genera are now ex- 

 tinct, and that neitlier hip- 

 popotamus nor liya}na exists 

 any longer in the oriental 

 region. If we may judge 

 from these fossil remains, 

 the bones of Pithecanthropus 

 are not younger than the 

 oldest Pleistocene and prol)- 

 ably belong to the Upper 

 PHocene. The teeth are very 

 like those of man. The fe- 

 mur also is very human, but 

 shows some resemblance to 

 that of the gibbons. Its size, 

 how^ever, indicates an animal 

 which stood when erect not 

 less than five feet six inches 

 high. The skullcap is very 

 human, but wuth very promi- 

 nent eyebrow ridges, like 

 those of the famous Neander- 

 thal cranium. It is certainly not that of an idi«)i. h iiad an t-sumaUHi 

 cranial capacity of about 1,(K)0 c.c., tliat is to siiy, much larpi^r than 

 that of the largest ape, which posscsst^s not more than fi()0 c.c. The 

 crania of female Australians and V(>ddahs measure not more than 1,100 

 c.c, some even less than 1,()(K) c.c; but as these Veddah woiiu'ii staiu! 

 only about four feet nine inches higli, the eoinputeii cranial • ty 



of the much taller Pithecanthropus is comparatively low indeeti. 



Fin. 291. - Ufinniiis of /" 



tlic »iiiiKlc femur ithowii in difllerTnt «a|wcts 

 (I roin 'The Open Court.") 



The impressions left by the cerebral coiivolution.s an* ab*<J 

 very human^ more highly develope*! tiuiu in tlie reoi*nt a\w^. 



