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earlier of the certain remains of palaeolithic man. It is not 
possible for me to continue to give all the minor discoveries of 
lower jaws, teeth or limb bones, but only to take special instances 
which illustrate the principles of dating. 
Spy. The extremely important discoveries in the Cave of 
Spy, near Namur, were made in 1886. 10 They present us with 
two skeletons, both of the Neanderthal race. Both were clearly 
interments, but they were associated with implements of the 
Mousterian epoch, and covered over with further undisturbed 
accumulations belonging to the same period. 
Krapina. In a rock-shelter at Krapina, in Croatia, various 
human remains of the same race-type were found between 
1899 and 1905. 11 They occurred in contemporary association 
with Mousterian implements. The human bones were scattered 
around the hearths, and showed evidences of having been charred 
by fire. These observations have led to the theory that they 
represent the feasting of Cannibals, but no confirmation has 
been noted from other sites, although there does not seem 
anything essentially improbable in the suggestion. 
La Chapelle aux Sainls. This is a well-authenticated instance 
of a palaeolithic interment, which was scientifically excavated 
in a cave in the south of France in 1907. The remains belong 
to the Neanderthal race, and with the deceased hunter were 
placed many oi his implements, which belong to the Mousterian 
epoch, together with lumps of red ochre. The body was placed 
in the contracted position, with the legs flexed, but lying on its 
back. 12 
La MGustier. Two years later, that is in 1909, another 
Mousterian skeleton was found in the lower cave on the classic 
site of Le Moustier. This was not exactly a grave, as in the case 
of La Chapelle, but the body was placed upon the floor of the 
cave in the contracted position, upon a layer composed of worked 
flint implements, and then covered over with soil. The remains 
are again of the Neanderthal race, and belong to the Mousterian 
epoch. 13 
La Ferrassie. In this cave another Mousterian interment 
was also found in the same year, namely 1909, and under similar 
10 W. G. Smith, Man the Primeval Savage, 1894, p. 19. 
11 W. L. H. Duckworth, Prehistoric Man , 1912, pp. 24 and 68. 
12 M. Boule, L'Anthropologic, 1908, T. 19, p. 519 ; also a fuller account, Annalcs de 
Paleontologie . 1911-13. 
13 W. L H. Duckworth, Prehistoric Man, pp. 39 and 73. 
