1 6 Mr. Kane on Prehistoric Man in Southern France. 



cleverly executed outlines of elephants, mammoth, rein- and other 

 deer, saiga antelope, bison and horses were shown. And lastly a 

 description was given of cleverly executed outlines incised on the 

 rough interior walls of caves at Les Eyzies, far away from the 

 entrance, many of which were crusted over with a film of stalag- 

 mite, proving that they were not executed in modern times. This 

 race of men contemporary with the age of the reindeer and 

 mammoth in southern France were shown to be of a high type, 

 both as regards the capacity and contour of their skulls, intelli- 

 gence in ornament, and manufacture of implements from flint and 

 ivory, so that one must look to the Tertiary period, long before 

 the epochs of Southern European glaciation, for relics of any 

 ancestors of the human race that approached the Simian type ; 

 though -single specimens of debased shape were found both 

 anciently as at Neanderthal, and in historical times as in the 

 Peruvian tombs, and even in quite modern races. 



On the motion of Mr. Garrett Nagle, seconded by Mr. 

 Knabenshue, Mr. Kane was heartly thanked for his interesting 

 and valuable paper. 



