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Remains of Pleistocene man have not so far turned up in Ohio but they may eventually do 

 so. Anyone so fortunate as to find them should exercise special care not to disturb them and 

 report the find to the Curator of Archaeology, Ohio State Museum, Columbus. Pleistocene 

 human remains are so scarce and so precious that their excavation deserves all the care and 

 skill that a team of geologists, paleontologists, and archaeologists can lavish on them. They 

 will want to be sure that the remains are Pleistocene and not merely later burials in Pleis- 

 tocene deposits. They will try to recover every scrap of bone available and note its position, 

 and any implements or weapons that may have been buried with them. This is serious, pains- 

 taking work, best left to the specialist. The greatest service that you can render to science 

 is to report the find and leave it strictly alone for the experts to work on, much as you should 

 report a suspected murder and leave the solution to the police. 



Books for further study 



The identification of Pleistocene plants and most groups of invertebrates is best done by 

 using manuals on living plants and invertebrates. Since the Mollusca are among the most 

 abundant of Pleistocene invertebrates, some references to key texts have been given for them. 

 For vertebrates in general, Romer's (1941) "Man and the Vertebrates" is a good introductory 

 text; the same author (Romer, 1945) has written an advanced text on vertebrate paleontology. 

 See also Colbert (1955) for the evolution of the vertebrates. These may be supplemented with 

 books on living fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, which your local librarian 

 will recommend. 



