1 84 THE EARLIEST MEN 



have separated the various things under consider- 

 ation. 



It is well to bear in mind that there are always 

 three questions to be asked in connection with any 

 discovery of human remains ; that the reply to 

 any or all of them is often most difficult and most 

 doubtful, yet until these questions are answered, 

 no absolutely certain decision as to the precise 

 scientific value of the discovery can be arrived at. 

 These questions are : 



First : What is the geological period of the 

 stratum in which they are found. 



Second : Do the remains in question belong 

 to that period, or were they of later date, and 

 introduced by man or by other means into a 

 stratum with which they were not related by 

 time ? 



Third : Were any implements or bones or 

 teeth or other such objects found with the re- 

 mains, and, if so, was the collocation acci- 

 dental or was it significant ? 



Having cleared away these preliminary points, 

 we may now proceed to a brief consideration of 

 the chief remains of early man at present under 

 discussion. 



EARLY HUMAN REMAINS. 



Very briefly, from considerations of space, 

 must the chief examples be touched upon, and in 

 so doing an effort will be made to avoid details, 

 and to give the main features of interest to the 

 general reader. 



