﻿0. 
  C. 
  Marsh 
  — 
  Pithecanthropus 
  erectusfrom 
  Java. 
  147 
  

  

  These 
  precious 
  remains, 
  the 
  skull, 
  tooth, 
  and 
  femur, 
  are 
  

   described 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Dubois, 
  with 
  full 
  details, 
  and 
  for 
  these 
  the 
  

   anatomical 
  reader 
  will 
  look 
  to 
  the 
  memoir 
  itself. 
  The 
  conclu- 
  

   sions 
  drawn 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  from 
  these 
  fossils 
  are 
  so 
  comprehen- 
  

   sive, 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  carefully 
  weighed 
  by 
  anthropologists 
  of 
  

   every 
  nation. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  justice 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Dubois 
  and 
  his 
  admira- 
  

   ble 
  memoir 
  to 
  say 
  here, 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  proved 
  to 
  science 
  the 
  

   existence 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  prehistoric 
  anthropoid 
  form, 
  not 
  human 
  

   indeed, 
  but 
  in 
  size, 
  brain 
  power, 
  and 
  erect 
  posture, 
  much 
  

   nearer 
  man 
  than 
  any 
  animal 
  hitherto 
  discovered, 
  living 
  or 
  

   extinct. 
  

  

  The 
  brief 
  review 
  here 
  given 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  facts 
  relating 
  to 
  

   this 
  discovery, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  figures 
  reproduced 
  from 
  the 
  

   memoir, 
  will 
  afford 
  the 
  reader 
  some 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  

   this 
  latest 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  known 
  allies 
  of 
  primseval 
  man, 
  if 
  

   not 
  to 
  his 
  direct 
  ancestry. 
  Whatever 
  light 
  future 
  researches 
  

   may 
  throw 
  upon 
  the 
  affinities 
  of 
  this 
  new 
  form 
  that 
  left 
  its 
  

   remains 
  in 
  the 
  volcanic 
  deposits 
  of 
  Java 
  during 
  later 
  

   Tertiary 
  time, 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  discovery 
  itself 
  

   is 
  jm 
  event 
  equal 
  in 
  interest 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Neanderthal 
  skull. 
  

  

  The 
  man 
  of 
  the 
  Neander 
  valley 
  remained 
  without 
  honor, 
  

   even 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  country, 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  century, 
  

   and 
  was 
  still 
  doubted 
  and 
  reviled 
  when 
  his 
  kinsmen, 
  the 
  men 
  

   of 
  Spy, 
  came 
  to 
  his 
  defense, 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  chapter 
  was 
  added 
  to 
  

   the 
  early 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  race. 
  The 
  ape-man 
  of 
  Java 
  

   comes 
  to 
  light 
  at 
  a 
  more 
  fortunate 
  time, 
  when 
  zeal 
  for 
  explora- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  so 
  great 
  that 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  additional 
  remains 
  may 
  

   be 
  expected 
  at 
  no 
  distant 
  day. 
  That 
  still 
  other 
  intermediate 
  

   forms 
  will 
  eventually 
  be 
  brought 
  to 
  light 
  no 
  one 
  familiar 
  with 
  

   the 
  subject 
  can 
  doubt. 
  Nearly 
  twenty 
  years 
  ago, 
  the 
  writer 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  review 
  placed 
  on 
  record 
  his 
  belief 
  that 
  such 
  

   missing 
  links 
  existed, 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  looked 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  caves 
  

   and 
  later 
  Tertiary 
  of 
  Africa, 
  which 
  he 
  then 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  

   most 
  promising 
  field 
  for 
  exploration 
  in 
  the 
  Old 
  World. 
  The 
  

   first 
  announcement, 
  however, 
  has 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  East, 
  where 
  

   large 
  anthropoid 
  apes 
  also 
  survive, 
  and 
  where 
  their 
  ancestors 
  

   were 
  doubtless 
  entombed 
  under 
  circumstances 
  favorable 
  to 
  

   early 
  discovery. 
  The 
  tropical 
  regions 
  of 
  both 
  Asia 
  and 
  Africa 
  

   still 
  offer 
  most 
  inviting 
  fields 
  to 
  ambUious 
  explorers. 
  

  

  Yale 
  University, 
  New 
  Haven, 
  Conn., 
  January 
  21, 
  1895. 
  

  

  