EVOLUTION MADE PLAIN 21 
Older than the Neanderthal race, and lower 
in the human scale, were the Heidelberg men, 
said to have been the first really human beings 
of whom we have fossil evidences. Judging 
from the age of the fossil beds they existed 
from 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. 
Thirty years ago were found some of the 
fossil remains of a creature in Java, some forty 
feet below the surface, that show characters 
intermediate between the gorilla and the Ne¬ 
anderthal man; “the lowest human cranium 
yet described, very nearly as much below the 
Neanderthal as this is below the normal Euro¬ 
pean.” This creature was named Pithecanthro¬ 
pus Erectus (erect ape-man). 
Lack of space prevents even a brief descrip¬ 
tion of other and intermediate types of man, 
such as the man of Spy, of Naulette, of Pred- 
most, etc. 
As the more man develops (becomes special¬ 
ized) the farther he is removed from the lower 
animals, so, in tracing his descent toward his 
origin we find him approaching them, apes in¬ 
cluded, in general characteristics, for we ap¬ 
proach the point of divergence. 
Evolution is a fact. There is no doubt of 
that in the minds of those who have investi¬ 
gated the subject without prejudice and with 
the acquisition of truth as the sole aim. One 
may dispute a fact, but he cannot deny it out 
of existence. Those who feel a sense of shame 
for their close proximity to their cousin, the 
monkey, are advised to increase that distance 
by carrying to higher development those traits 
considered peculiarly human: Reason, a sense 
of justice, of broader sympathy, and tolerance. 
