DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY 
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extinct since historical times. Remains of Homo sapiens, or 
man, found in a cave on the isk id of -Crete — probably very 
ancient. Casts of the Neanderthal and Engis skulls, the former 
of which has given rise to much discussion because of its flat- 
tened form. This has been held by some to prove that early 
man was a being intermediate between man and the ape. The 
skull has, however, about the average human brain capacity. 
Hall 62. 
METEORITES, 
The collection of meteorites includes representatives of 
about 300 distinct “falls” or “finds,” the specimens of which have 
an aggregate weight of 5130 pounds (2327 kilograms). These 
are grouped in three classes, viz.. Stone meteorites. Iron-stone 
metoeorites, and Iron meteorites. Under each of these divi- 
sions the specimens are placed in chronological order, and labels 
show the locality, date of fall or find, and weight of each speci- 
men. The specimens are in large part not the individual stones, 
but fragments of them, it being usual when a meteorite falls or 
is found, to break it up and distribute the pieces among museums 
and collectors in order to provide material for study. Other- 
wise meteorites could be studied only by going from one museum 
or collector to another. 
In the four large cases occupying the floor of the hall are 
shown four meteorites of exceptional size and importance. These 
are, to the left entering from Hall 61, the meteorites of Long 
Island, Kansas, and Brenham, Kansas, and, to the right, those 
of Canyon Diablo, Arizona, and Toluca, Mexico. 
The meteorite of Long Island, Kansas, is the largest stone 
meteorite known. As exhibited it is in several hundred pieces 
all of which once formed a single mass, the weight of which 
was about 1300 lbs. When the mass fell it struck a ledge and 
thus was broken into the pieces shown. The characteristic pit- 
tings of the surface of meteorites are well shown on this speci- 
men. Of the Brenham, Kansas, meteorites, two large and two 
small individuals and ten sections are shown. One of the 
large individuals weighs 465 and the other 345 lbs. The total 
weight shown is about 1000 lbs. The sections show the char- 
acteristic structure of meteorites of this class, viz., a sponge-like 
mass of iron, the pores of which are filled by the yellow 
