14 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 33 
with a skeleton or a skull of recent, or not very ancient, man in the 
same locality, can not be accepted as geologically ancient, unless the 
geological evidence should be absolutely decisive. Features charac- 
teristic of inferior stages of human development, though to be ex- 
pected in all geologically ancient ‘skeletal parts of man, are not of 
themselves necessarily proofs of antiquity; their presence only 
strengthens the case if associated with other evidence of great age of 
the specimens. 
IIl.—LIST OF THE SKELETAL REMAINS 
Interest in man’s antiquity in this country began to manifest itself 
at about-the same time as the growth of interest in man’s natural] 
history in general, and with the rise of the science of anthropology 
during the earlier part of the nineteenth century, The work of 
Morton in this country and of Prichard in England doubtless had 
great influence in this direction; Morton’s Crania Americana 4 par- 
ticularly drew attention to the remains of the human skeleton. The 
first find of importance of bones that seemed to indicate the pres- 
ence of early man was made in 1844, and similar discoveries followed 
from time to time. The finds so far made include fourteen speci- 
mens or groups of specimens, the majority of which call for careful 
consideration. They are as follows: 
A. The New Orleans (Louisiana) bones, discovered in__...- 1844 
B. The Quebee (Canada) skéleton, discovered in-._.._- = G2) 
C. The Natchez (Mississippi) pelvic bone, discovered in-_.... 1846 
D. The Lake Monroe (Florida) bones, discovered in__..._.._... 1852 or 1853 
K. The Soda Creek (Colorado) skeleton, discovered in... _ 1860 
F. The Charleston (South Carolina) remains, discovered in_________-__ (?) 
x». The Calaveras (California) skull, discovered in-__-) 2) 1866 
H." The Rock Bluff (Illinois): skull, discovered ina.- 022 =) = ee 1866 
I. ‘The Pefion (Mexico) skeleton; discovered: in-{2 2° 0... Ga) ee 1S84 
J. The Trenton (New Jersey) skulls, discovered in... 1879-1887 
K. The Western Florida skull and bones, discovered in... 1871-1888 
L. The Trenton (New Jersey) femur, discovered in--__.-.. = 1899 
M. The Lansing (Kansas) skeleton, discovered in__.._ 1902 
Nj) the Nebraska «loess man? miscoyeredsim:smle: aun eee 1894-1906 
A majority of these specimens have been previously examined and 
reported upon,’ and within the last few years the writer has reex- 
amined and compared all the more important available material 
and besides has been able to visit the localities of the heretofore unde- 
scribed western Florida skeletons. The crania and other remains are 
dealt with according to chronological sequence of discovery, with the 
exception of those from Florida, which are placed near the last for 
the reason that, although brought to light some years ago, they had 
* Philadelphia, 1839. 
>For bibliographical references, see the reports in this paper on the several finds. 
