The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-10

and man. The Pithecanthropi which ] originally occupied the same ground f with early man did not have the intelli- gence successfully to compete with him
 in the struggle for existence. But the
 ape proper continued to live in the re. gions hostile to man. Had they occu- pied territory necessary or favorable to
 man they would have long been out of
 existence, as they practically now are except in limited parts of Africa and l Borneo."
 | Suppose the Vanderbilt and Haeck- el expeditions were to find live Pithe- canthropus; how would he look? That would depend upon the stage of his transltion If representing an early stage he would be bow-legged and would have shorter limbs. If represent ing a later stage his legs would appear straighter and better developed; his arms almost as short as mans. He would have considerable hair on his body and between it would be seen his black skin His cranium or brain cav- ity would be larger and deeper than that of the ape, but smaller and more shallow than that of man. His jaws would be more prominent than those of the most savage man, but less so than those of the ape, while the size of his teeth, the gaps between them and the ridges which hold the jaw muscles to the skull would likewise be less than i in the ape and greater than in man. His nose would be bridgeless and would lie flat upon his face. His eyes would roll in large orbits. Over each eye he would probably have promi- hence from which his low forehead would slope suddenly backward to form the beginning of shallow semi circle"
 DO you think that these Pithecan- thropus hunters in Java will be suc- cessful?"
 'If there could be found in Java a few remains such as Dubois seems to have discovered there should be more in the neighborhood. The difficulty is that in these tropical regions animal re- mains soon disappear and it is only un- der exceptional conditions that they are preserved. Yet there are in exist ence fossil skeletons millions of years old. It is quite possible that we may yet find remains representing all the conditions intermediate between ape and man. This may result from sys- tematic search. It may be found that man lived in the time of the ancient ape whose remains have been found in India. It must be remembered that the chimpanzee, so nearly related to our ape ancestors Is still living"
 ITO be convinced that any of the re- mains found are those of a genuine Pi- thecanthropus what bones do you want to see brought back by the searchers?"
 Especially a good skull a whole cra- nium, if possible. I would like to see the pelvis, also. The more bones the better, of course. The trouble with the remains found by Dubois is that they are too few to guide one to definite opinion. Other than the Dubois re- )mains there has been none seriously considered as representing Pithecan- thropus, none which scientific men could 50 consider with much reason. Remains found in the Neander Valley of Prussia in 1857 represented creature with very low brain capacity. Yet he might have been either savage or philosopher. In other words, there is no definite ratio between mere size of brain and development of intellect. Of course you wouldn't find great intelec- tual development in the microcephalic or small-headed idiot. But normal men with small heads and brains often have very accurate and powerful intellects.- New York Sun.