The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-27
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explanation of the wei picked bones Of
animals eaten raw lay IN the discovery
Of peculiar heaps Of the bones such as
are stiu made By birds OF prey. and It Is
evident that such were The devourers Of
the rodents. Before long the remains Of
The rodents were followed by those Of
the reindeer. Thus WE know that o coll
ouv Of reindeer hunters had taken pos
session Of the cave and driven the birds
away
There IS consequently TO break between
the lowest layer and The next succeeding
one. though the character OF the two is
markedly distinct. In this layer are, how
ever. valuable remains, indicating the cIi-
matte conditions at the time when man
first made his way hitaer They are dis
ti1ctIy representative 81 Arctic fauna
There are the wolf the fce-fox, the giu-
ton. the brown bear. the great weasel the
mole the snow mouse. the Siberian onion
mouse, remains Of the reindeer. the snow
heI8 hen the Alpine snow hen, and sew
eral kinds Of fish
a glance at the forty-one species found
in this layer shows that here we have u
deal with animals belonging in the Arc
tic regions north Of seventy degrees. in
fact the animals now found around the
poles lived about this cave 1900 years
ago. As a consequence. The climate must
have Deem AIctic at that time And the
appearance q some OF the species in the
upper part Of the layer points 10 the con-
clusion that the climate was beginning
10 grow miider, for the animals now
found in lower Siberia appear.
L was az this time that man appeared.
for he has written this event down in
the irrefragable proofs Or rude stone i'm
PIGMENTS found in the upper part OF this
stratum. Here. TOO. ara some bones split
evidently by the hand Of man. They
split the finty rocks By main force. or
broke of sDlinters for Implements Of the
chase and the household IRE verv
workshop in which these implements were
made has been found I'm the cave. fndi-
Gated by the detective bits scattered
around.
1t is in the yellow culture Iawer" that
the largest part Of the traces OF human
occupation and civilization are found.
These men a the paleolsthic age. The pig
mics whose remains have been found in
The graves in which they were laid. were
q remarkable race If little people. with
brains far greater than those Of the high
est apes the first advantaee hevond the
simian 20 Che human The enormous mass
of broken bones IF animals. the maces
and hammers point n the intelligence Of
This race. which Is made all the nor. evil
dent By the implements made Of flint
bone and horn
No less than 1900 implements IF fine
were found in this layer. besides 1.394 OF
bone and horn
The fact that The only animal bones
found in the yellow stratum were those
or The ~ ndecr and tha Alpine hare Proves
tha- this entire layer IS due 10 the men
II the paleolthc age Hhe FIRE place
arranged with an oven is the oldest
Kitchen known. here the stones were
first heated and The food then placed
upon them and inside Of the oven. as IN
modern clamhake.
Coming To the matter II the remains NJ
human beings Il is found that the graves
ot fourteen individuals have been opened
Five ~ these are unfoubtedlv ~ rirfies
for not only were their skulls <5uud bu-
some ~ rhe other Bones as ven. Thsv
Vvers not dvarfs. Tor the bones ~ 5warss
show 81 the eyes ~ the scientist ennis
taxable s.sHs n 5heir character
The universal myth Of al nations that
In ancient dimes very small men ityed 81
he caves ana inside of the mountains IS
II lest explained IS fact Of ratr-al
history by the discovery of these rlr-
mics IN Switzerland. i has been su0-
naSd 11r history hv the Discovery ~