INTERPRETATION OF THE FORMATIONS CONTAINING ^ 

 HUMAN BONES AT VERO, FLORIDA 



ROLLIN T. CHAMBERLIN 



University of Chicago 



The formations of the locality involved in the interpretation 

 of the age and relations of the fossil remains of man found near 

 Vero, Florida, have been clearly described in the preceding paper 

 by Dr. Sellards. The surface aspect of the region is plane and 

 flat, relieved slightly by low beach ridges, gently rising dunes, and 



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Fig. i. — Rough sketch showing merely the general relations of the features dis- 

 cussed in the text. 



shallow drainage flats, none of which are impressive features of 

 the landscape, though all contribute valuable criteria to the inter- 

 pretation. In its immediate bearings on the problem raised by 

 the occurrence of human remains mingled with extinct vertebrates, 

 the critical feature of this plain is the broad, shallow valley of 

 Van Valkenburg's Creek, whose former course — now much obscured 

 by the recently dug drainage canal — is indicated in Figs, i and 2. 

 It was in the bottom deposits of this wide stream channel, or in 

 those of its predecessor, that the human bones in question were 

 found. The past workings of this stream, therefore, require the 



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