VOLUME XXV NUMBER i 



THE 



JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY 



JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1917 



SYMPOSIUM ON THE AGE AND RELATIONS OF 



THE FOSSIL HUMAN REMAINS FOUND 



AT VERO, FLORIDA 



Dr. E. H. Sellards, State Geologist of Florida 



Dr. Rollin T. Chamberlin, Geologist, University of Chicago 



Dr. T. Wayland Vaughan, Geologist in Charge of the Coastal Plain Investigations 

 of the United States Geological Survey 



Dr. A. Hrdlicka, Curator of Physical Anthropology, United States National Museum 



Dr. 0. P. Hay, Research Associate, Carnegie Institution of Washington 



Dr. G. G. MacCurdy, Anthropologist, Yale University 



Editorial Note. — In the issue of the American Journal of 

 Science of July, 1916, Dr. E. H. Sellards, state geologist of Florida, 

 announced the discovery of fossil human bones and artifacts in 

 association with the relics of many extinct vertebrates in a stream 

 deposit near Vero on the east coast of Florida. In the issue of 

 Science of October 27, 19 16, there appeared a supplementary 

 article, by the same author, giving additional data bearing on the 

 age and relations of these interesting remains. About the same 

 date there appeared a more comprehensive statement in the 

 Eighth Annual Report of the Florida Geological Survey. Soon after 

 the issuance of the first paper, Dr. Sellards submitted to the 

 editors of the Journal of Geology an additional article empha- 

 sizing certain aspects of the question of man's relationship to the 



