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however, as previously stated in this paper, indicate that a part 

 of the section heretofore referred to No. 2 is possibly the equivalent 

 of No. 3. It seems not impossible, therefore, that the break 

 between divisions 2 and 3, which is so evident throughout a large 

 part of the section, may be due to local re-working by the stream of 

 its own bed in Pleistocene time, and that the deposit designated 

 as stratum No. 3 is itself a phase of stratum No. 2, being analogous 

 to the smaller deposits of muck and decayed wood found near the 

 base of No. 2, which are known to be inclusions within that stratum. 

 On the question of the interrelation of the three divisions of the 

 section, however, it will perhaps be necessary to await the accu- 

 mulation of further evidence, both stratigraphic and paleontologic. 



RELATION OF THE HUMAN REMAINS TO THE ASSOCIATED FOSSILS 



It will scarcely be maintained that the human remains and 

 artifacts obtained from stratum No. 3 are otherwise than normal 

 to that deposit. Their abundance, their general distribution, and 

 their presence within and at the base of a stratified and undisturbed 

 deposit preclude any reasonable contention that they are other- 

 wise than contemporaneous with the associated materials of the 

 deposit. The study of the fossils of this stratum, although not yet 

 completed, has brought to light the presence of a considerable 

 number of extinct species which suggest the reference of the 

 deposit to the Pleistocene period. 



Special interest is attached to the human remains and artifacts 

 from stratum No. 2, this being the oldest deposit from which 

 human material has been obtained. This stratum is easily recog- 

 nized, and at the present time may be followed on both the north 

 and south banks of the canal through the whole section. The 

 vertebrate fauna by which the Pleistocene age of the deposit is 

 determined is also well represented in the collections that have 

 been made at this locality. That the human bones are fossils 

 normal to this stratum and contemporaneous with the associated 

 vertebrates is determined by their place in the formation, their 

 manner of occurrence, their intimate relation to the bones of 

 other animals, and the degree of mineralization of the bones. 

 The presence of flint spalls, and the probable presence of bone 



