New-York tribune., 1895-09-30

the West. In this interview Professor Workman Il
quoted a. saying speaking Of the find which Is
said TO be 100000 years old:
This | regard as Of much importance IN
deciphering the ancestry Of the human species as
the discovery OF those links which tend TO connect
man with the monkeys"
As the professor. In common with his colleagues at
the museum is known to be ardent disciple OF
Darwin. it Immediately surmised thar ne
thought he had found the missing Ink. Alas
later dispatches from Wyoming announced that the
bones found by the niefatgable professor were
probably the skeleton Of pet monkey belonging
TO some cowboys which had departed this life about
twelve wears ago, The scientific world. which had
waited breathlessy for definite news of the missing
link, sighed a sigh OF disgust and came to the
conclusion that some bad man from Bitter creek
had nut no a game" on the tenderfoot professor
Some people remembered Bret Hartes scientific
gents" on the Stanislaus, and came to their own
conclusions.
However. q Tribune reporter yesterday learned
all that is known Of the remains by the professors
ot the museum Professor Henry +. Osborn curator
Of the department of vertebrltes and paleontoiosy
and Professor Albert 5. Bclsmore. of the depart
mont Of pubic instruction. are rot very wiling 10
EXPRESS their opinions Of their colleagues find until
thov see It and him. Professor Osborn said:
professor Workman. IN brief description sent
TO me- said he had found monkeys skull nearly
conpletc which ne REGARDED as highly important
II wll have % be taken from the matrN or De
uncovered before II can be fully examined, thihN
7, ,raq found sticking from he side Of huge cilit
with hundreog perhaps thousan1. feet of rock
ahove II Professor workman attached 80 much I'M
nortance TO the discovery that h. sited the matter
,h., had been weat thcr-washed from the cliff ana
found several pieces Of the skull that had been
washed away.
"It Is nonsense to believe that the professor mas
found the skull OF n pet monkey, as you VIII see
r., considering the circumstances OF the hnd. There
IS great difference between an ordinary bone
and a fossll.zcd bone. and ! am sure Professor
Wortmai. has not made the blunder attributed 10
hin, Think OF the difference in weight alone be-
tween stone and bone. and you will see how a
petr,ned bone offers from n bone few years old.
II cannot say what bearing the discovery VIII
bov, on the theory OF evolution until see It. For
,.o,rs the Darwinists have contcnded that once
,te~e nrobablv existed OF monkeys between
which and man there was missing link or links.
II is possible that the professors discovery may
he a relic o. this race Of monkeys. ana me lTst
ore found. These monkeys must have had more
teeth than man has. because as "A creature IS de-
ve,oped # loses It's teeth. -,
IAN Interesting point in this connection is the
question OF whether or not man canis mo mo eh n
from Europe to America -. , 49, -
Yes monkeys existed out West, I'm or near
herds OF small horses tapirs' rhin0ceroses' Iaise
peccarles rodents and other animals. An expert
could tell. by examining the Skull OF the monkey
found prctty much how the animal II belonged
TO looked when alive. Tho teeth I'm the skull would
be carefully examined. for one thins' ana their
number would be important As TO the age OF tne
way. II it was found In the formation of rock am
thinking Of"