The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-02
ANIMALS OF EUROPE
MammOths Lived in Moravia
5000 Years Ago,
MAN WAS ALSO THERE
Peculiar Discoveries Made in
Recent Explorations.
MAN WAS ALSO THERE

prominent. especially on account OF It's
huge magnitude and the exceptionally
large area over which it spread on the
continent. Originating in the Arctic re-
| gions, this formidable animal emigrated
during the period in which the northern
inland ice masses began to advance to-
wards the south, TO central Europe where
it remained for centuries, until changed
climatic and other conditions caused its
extinction IN middle Europe, while it con-
tinued TO exist much longer in the far
north. Since the time the scientih world
began TO investigate the existence Of man
in diluvia1 Europe, il has been one Of the
most interesting matters OF dispute
whether man was Twin gat the same time
as the mammoth, because. If 50, the age
/ Of mankind in Europe would reach a
much higher estimate than II this stimuli
taneous existence is denied.
/ During the last generation the afhrma-
| tive OF this question has been most gen
orally accepted. although with important
/ facts TO sustain them, eminent investiga-
/ tors of pre-history have adhered to the
/ opposite opinion.
/ Predmost, small market place in the
/ neighborhood Of Prerau in AIoravia (Aus-
I tria), has become through its immense
/ fields containing remains OF mammoths,
a world-renowned locality Its veins Of
/ so-ealled Toes, a yellow, chalk-like dilu-
vial clay, extend over large tracts Of land.
/ rich in small pieces Of coal and ashes.
1 containing remains OF man and animals.
Aside from the general mixture OF bones
and teeth Of numerous mammoths OF diff
ferent periods. there lie together consid-
/ cradle masses of bones and fragments Of
bones Of reindeer, horses, bunaloes. stays,
roes, as well as skeletons of wolves, foxes
cave lions, and hyenas. Right below the
huge upper part of q mammoth has been
found the right side of a human jawbone.
which neither in size nor shape differs
from the jawbone of a modern white
man. These discoveries tend to confirm
the opinion thai man existed In this pre-
historic period. Moreover, the numerous
tools and arms, such as knives, axes.
saws. daggers, arrow-heads made of fire
stone. quartz and animal bones. as vel
as the materials Of which these tools
and arms were made. and last. but not
least. the large quantities Of charcoal and
ashes, point to the Iact that on this spot.
more than $3.50 years ago. man lived eth
er permanent yor periodically.
II was. OF course. natural to regard
these people of the reindeer period OF
North Morayia as mammoth hunters"
who. like certain savage tribes Of central
Africa, caught the giant of land NAM
mails in covered pitfalls. and killed the
defenceless colossus with their primitive
weapons TO secure its tusks. the ivory OF
which, even at that prehistoric period,
formed q most valuable and highly es-
teemed article of trade But how can it
be explained that such huge masses Of
mammoth remains have been found on
such a relatively limited ground, and
that most of the skeletons are almost in
tact? Can 1t be that the aborigines drove
whole herds of these gigantic pachyder-
mata together to destroy them? Less
probable is it that these hunters brought
the bodies of their immense spoil from
other districts 70 their dwelling places.
in order to let them there decay.
From the labyrinth of questions which
arise with regard TO the Predmost nam
moth field. the celebrated Danish zoolo-
gist, Yapeus Steenstrup has shown us
an outlet When he heard OF the sensa-
hesitate. IN spite Of his seventy-fve years
TO undertake the long voyage from Co
penhagen to Prerau. to see with his own
eyes and to judge from personal investi-
cation these marvellous disclosures. Az
ter q short examination Of the neld. he
gave his opinion in the following words:
The mammoth has not lived here sim
uitaneousiy with mankind1 it may have
perished long before immigration of hu-
man beings. and been preserved intact IN
frozen soil until the man CT the later re-
indeer period found it, cut it out Of the
soil. utilized its teeth and bones and pos
sibly left its flesh as food 10 the wild
animals"
Steenstrup. when forming his Judgment
applied the principle now universally ac-
cepted by an natural history researchers.
that we can solve questions pertaining TO
prehistoric man only by due consideration
TO the present wild trives living under
similar conditions. Under conditions
similar 70 those OF the Predmost nam
moth hunters live at the present time
the people of the most northern part Of
Asia. the Tungusians. Takuts. and others
such an eminent researcher as is Boyd
Dawkins holds that these tribes are de-
scendauts OF oiluviaI Europeans who to-
gsther with musk-oSen and reindeer, fol-
lowing the edge OF the melting inland ice
over the Polish ard Siberian steppes.
reached the Arctic regions. there e. con-
tinue living la the reindeer period the life
Of the diiuvial man. with their primitive
stone and bone tools and weapons. And
20 these Wild hunters even al the present
time the mammoth fails rs spol-of
course not alive. but IS a frozen body in
the soil-although they say that it sim
lives IS a gigantic mole IN the depths az
the earth. only DYING when coming too
near the surface q the earth. They
search fer these bodies. which Ia maay
cases are wen presedved. sau covered
with hide ard hair. IN or5er 20 get the-
ieeth and bones. and often they use TIE
fat of the bodies. feeding their dogs with
the flesh.
In View ~ this remarkable preservation ,
it Is not astonishin gthat Steans1run
should deug the coexisteace ~ man Rlth
the rn1mmoth. uotwithstandi-r the 5ax-
tspcslrton az the remains az hoh ~
Prelmost. a-.d 81 s. safe % sar that re.-
uine mammoth hunters have never ex-
listed. ana .-la- one should SPEAK e-fr ~
seekers Eor fossil ivory Thls IS also Tho
opinioa OF conrad Friedhere one of ,ss
most eminent Austrian students - -~s-
history H. L GEIssEL- 4
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