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turn out, as the authors believe it will, that the skull was a genuine 
“find” in the place alleged, is stated by Whitney to be Pliocene 
or Post-pliocene. 
___ Inthis connection Prof. Silliman exhibited to the Association 
one of four molar teeth of Mastodon found in the same, or nearly 
the same, geological horizon as the alleged Calaveras skull. ese 
same mentioned in an article in this Journal by Prof. 8. for May 
__ last (vol. xlv, p. 378.) They carry the Mastodon down to a lower 
— “ag has before been-assigned to this mammal in California. 
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- ont races, and that the Mastodon had never been certainly 
ake below that horizon. This view is no longer tenable, 
and the Mastodon is here conclusively shown to reach quite to the 
fo lying gold placers; and if the Calaveras skull 
stands the test of subsequent investigation man was his companion 
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