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which it resembles the jaw of an ape. 27 Yet the teeth are 

 typically human in arrangement and character, rela- 

 tively small when contrasted with the massive support- 



FIGURE 22. Sand-pit at Maure, near Heidelberg, where the Pre- 

 historic Jaw was found. 



ing bone, but actually large when contrasted with the 

 modern man. The features are so distinctive that the 

 discoverer, Dr. Schoetensack, considers the specimen as 

 representing a distinct species of man. Lull finds in 

 this important specimen an admirable illustration of the 



27 See figure 23. 



