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THE GEOLOGIST. 



The contrast between the brachycephalic skull marked 0, and the 

 dolichocephalic one marked +, from the same locality, is signifi- 

 cant. 



Swilzerland. — Mr. Lubbock, in his memoir on the subject, has told 

 us " Human bones occur in the Pileworks {FfaUhauten) but very 

 seldom, and may no doubt be referred to accidents, especially as we 

 find that those of children are most numerous. One mature skull 

 was, however, discovered at Meilen, and has been described by Pro- 

 fessor His, who considers that it does not dilFer much from the ordi- 

 nary Swiss type.* And while his work was in the press, M. Eiiti- 

 meyer received from M. Schwab four more skulls, two of which were 

 obtained at Nidau Steinberg, one at Sutz, and one from Biel." Mr. 

 Lubbock proceeds to sa}^ : " A¥hether the Drift race of men were 

 really the aboriginal inhabitants of Europe, still remains to be ascer- 

 tained. M. Eiitimeyer hints that our geographical distribution indi- 

 cates a still greater antiquity of the human race." No general 

 statement of facts is, however, adduced in support of M. Eiitimeyer's 

 theory, which the negative evidence, which proves that human bones 

 are as capable of preservation as those of mammalia, tends to refute 

 until observation and demonstration shall establish the greater anti- 

 quity of man. 



A human cranium belonging to the first age of iron, from Tiefenau, 

 exhibited exactly the same profile as the cranium from Sanderum- 

 gaard. M. Morlot states that the height of the Swiss cranium is 

 identically the sam^e, and the length is a little (5 millimetres) longer 

 than that of the Danish cranium. (Morlot, ' Etudes Geologico-Ar- 

 cheologiques,' p. 317.) 



Objects of human art have been found at various depths in a 

 tumulus near the Tiniere rivulet, which flows into the Lake of Oeneva 

 near Yilleneuve. In order that my readers may understand more 

 clearly M. Morlot' s reasoning, I transcribe his diagram and refer- 

 ences. 



Actual Sectioin oj-^ the "Cone de Dejection toerentielle de la Tinieee." 

 From A. iMorlot, 'Le9oii d'ouverture d'lm Cours sur la haute Antiquite, fait a r Acadeniie 



dc Lausanne ca Novembre et Decembre i860.' 8vo. Lausaune, 1861. 

 I\. r>rfl of I fir Roi,ia)i age. 



l>f<> ','/' l>ro,ize age, date 3000 to 4000 years ago. 

 y. Bed of I tw Sloiir age, date 5000 to 7000 years, in wliicli were found, at a, a piece of 

 pot I ( I \ ; at a luuuan skeleton, wiiieli appeared to liave beeu laid in a tomb, aud 

 of \vluch the veiy small, round, and remarkably thick head presented the Mou- 

 ii;)lian or 'Inraniau " biaeliycephalie" type, strongly marked ; at d, many frag- 



* Doliehocc])halic ? 



