THE DATING OF EARLY HUMAN REMAINS. 
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fallen from the roof. A relic bed of the Magdalenian epoch 
had accumulated above it. Under such exceptional circum¬ 
stances as this, a complete skeleton may become naturally 
buried. 
Chancelade. This skeleton was found in the rock-shelter 
of Raymonden in the commune of Chancelade, in 1888. 21 It 
was an interment, but covered by several successive relic-beds 
of Magdalenian date. 
Mentone. Very important further evidence regarding 
interments of the Cro-Magnon race has come to light from the 
researches in the Mentone caves carried out under the auspices 
of the Prince of Monaco. These interments are associated with 
a well characterized Aurignacian industry. There is no possibility 
of doubting their Late Palaeolithic date, as they are covered by a 
great thickness of Aurignacian relic beds, including hearth 
sites with layers of charcoal, showing a perfect continuity in 
their stratification. 22 
These remains, like a number of others of the Late Palaeolithic 
period, were interred in a raddle of red ochre. This custom is 
also found among modern savages, and it may be remembered 
that a striking survival was noted during the exploration of the 
Romano-British interment of the West Mersea barrow. 23 
Solntre. At this classic site Palaeolithic and Neolithic in¬ 
terments appear to be mingled together, and it is a matter of 
great difficulty to separate the one from the other. 
In addition to this Mongoloid Cro-Magnon race other types 
of modern man have been described, but they do not to my 
mind stand upon such good evidence. 
SUMMARY OF CONTINENTAL EVIDENCE. 
For comparison with our English evidence the main points 
that I wish to make clear from the above brief sketch of the 
more notable discoveries upon the continent are as follows. 
1. That the Neanderthal race of men of the Moustenan 
epoch buried their dead with their implements by their side. 
2. That the men of the later palaeolithic culture-stages 
are of an entirely new type, and contrast strongly with the 
Neanderthal race. They may be considered as the immediate 
21 W. J. Sollas, Ancient Hunters, 2nd ed.. p. 5x0. 
22 R. Verncau, Les Grottes de Grimaldi. Monaco, 1906. 
23 S. Hazzlcdine Warren, Essex Naturalist, 1914, vol. xvii., p. 261. 
