The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-26
THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN.
INTERESTING DIsOUssI0N BEFORE
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

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Prof. Putnam showed Relies which. ne Arauea,
Proved tho Existence OF Wan ON This Conti-
nent soen AFTER the Glacial Period-sir John
Evans said They Were OF More Recent Origin.
TORONTO, Aug. 25.-Prof +. w. Putnam of tho
Peabody Museum, Harvard University, in tho
anthropoloeical section OF the British Associa-
ton to-day, initiated tho discussion by record.
ing discoveries of Clipped stone Implements
IN tho oravels Of Trenton. N. ]. He arppsd
discovered in the sravols of the sommo,
ana tnat We nave me same evidence OF man on
this continent as they have IN the old world.
nc related tho numerous discoveries made and
eApt'U -. Op M
tainly as old as the gravel itself. There
som. SOME, rae. nee. % originally, ,ss 1ay,,,s came o, . H,Io., 1.-THE the
inc eSriy mon OF inc A'.snt,o s'p To, ano snss t So
present day. The effect of tho Professors ro-
marks is to fx tho first traces of man on the
continent at the fringe of tho glacial period.
Prof. e. w. Claypolo dealt with human roles
in tho drift of Ohio, and drow practically the
samo oohoiusiohS u 81" uen.n ne pro
duced the half OF a stone axe which had been
80 rr.,o, n,ains - rorth.rn ohio uomad.
great sraVei piaihs Oh northern onio. nc maoe
out out, w Sor hi. " ,hsorT to be an exceeding strong
St. John Eran. pr,,,a,n. =, ~. p-,.,., A,,o
cistIon U" whom nua Sir 1 William Turner y, rnS p presido MS'o o,
tho Anthropoloey Association. introduced as
w.. ~ hinsn.t Hn,s. an.poN,tr ~ a".e 49, -
declared his firm conviction that the relics pro-
duced were of neolithic, or comparatively recent
origin; that they were not to DO COMPARED
relies that had been found in tho valleys q the
Selma n nd Snppnnn In EtrHnna. that fhaQa Err
p.ean relics proved the existence, Of man At q
SHOWN sSS sha to Il .hI been Ams shs work Ff'ie 81 g. soq people ss
existing shortly after tho glacial period,
J, ship q thsss ,s, reli tsS% tina. sa The a pafsonsolo wGsh% man
in America must haye been possessed of far
greater e. ate intel!iF SaNS than SnI his brother in Europe;
occurred also in some OF the disused
the other side Of the Atlantic were concerned,
eo0skn they they h rs = consid tae 4 shss tho Tre as
ton implements belonged to precisely the same
AS to the discovery OF. the stone axe, Sir John
t nooY,fhi, that in ch the nple ans was , distinctly Is. nelly
The question was:
How on earth did IL get here T. It was Ger.
tainly Of the type found on the surface. Probe,
bly, some one else besides the fnder found It il
inc hfs u in ~ ana PVT Il whore the collector
glad to find that mankind had been In such close
proximity to the glacial period, but he
were synchronous with that In Europe,
that it would be possible for the stage Of devei
opments indicated by the stone axe to have been
arrived at when the glaciers were first melting.
II it were true no could only say that the dc.
velopment of intelligence was more rapid on
this side Of the Atlantic than IL was in the Old
World.
Prof. Putnam was asked how far back the a.
sumption of his paper would carry the AN.
tiaufty of man on this continent. npeakinR In
years.
1T Is utterly impossible to say was tho
reply. 9TH man who speaks in years shows