The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
FINDS MISSING LINK
Remains Dug from Pre-gla-
cial Deposit at Mauer.
OLDEST OF HUMAN REMAINS
Scientists Regard Discovery with
the Utmost Interest and Declare II
Places Man Closer 10 the Higher
AnthrOpOfd Apes Than the Find
of DR.. Dubois in Java.

Berlin, May 2s.-Her Schoelensack. the
German anthropoligist, has apparently
discovered more promising clew to the
missing link connecting man with the
higher anthropoid apes than did Dr. Du-
bois In Java
CT the discoveries OF the latter Nir-
chow declared that the cap Of the skull
was that Of an ape. while more recent
researches on the spot where the re
mains we're found led Brancha and
Voltz to pronounce that even II they
were human they were Of the austernary
period and belonged TO a creature which
was the contemporary OF man and not
his ancestor.
Herr SchoeIensack has for many years
been exploring large sand quarry at
Mauer. about ten miles south Of Heldei-
berg. He has now made an interesting
discovery.
After passing through two strata Of
cultivated soil separated by bed OF
clay. he came 70 a succession OF strata,
over twenty in number, and IN the
twelfth Of these he came upon a large
deposit Of. bowlderS bearing all marks OF
being Of the glacial age
Oldest Human Remains.
The nineteenth stratum at a depth Of
seventy-eight feet below the surface was
composed Of coagIomerate OF round
stones cemented- with chalk. and in this
was discovered the msndible. or lower
law. OF being having marked human
characteristics. which is therefore the
Oldest human remains in the world.
The stratum was pre-glacial undoubt-
edly and long previous, from the depth.
and In Il we're found the bones OF many
extinct fauna Of the lower quaternary
period. The stag (CoTvus elephusl. the
cave lion. the beaver. but no remains OF
the mammoth TINS being replaced By the
Elephas antiqus-
The presence OF these animals. as well
as the rhinocercs and the horse, and
various shells. allows us 10 assimilate the
DEPOSIT with the sands Of Mosbach and
the pre-glacial forest bed Of Norfolk II
was then clearly a deposit midway be-
tween the lower quaternsTy and the pleo-
Gene. and therefore earlier than any hu-
man remains hitherto discovered
Resembles Gorilla.
Inc remains lA1ttf ELNA A4N u titN Ntt
most Interest. being a lower jaw well pre-
served. with all the teeth in position At
first sight il most strikingly resembles a
gorilla. the front part being as large as
that Of that animal. and more than twice
as large as that of an ordinary Euro
pean. The general body Of the jaw is
1,eh shorter than that OF a gorilla. but
the thickness Of the bone is quite alb
normal.
The teeth are. however, remarkable, and
most important evidence, as they are not
larger than those of a human being and
are correct IL number; they are closely
se- and even in height. In a word. the
de1tition is exactly that Of a man and
differs entirely from that Of any anthro-
poI5 ape. The end OF the Jaw has q
marked tapering, with the marks OF
muscles Of the tongue clearly shown
Judging By al the characteristics, the
discoverer regards Il as human. but as
signs II 10 a special species Of the genus
homo" and has named il Homo Heidei-
br!siensis." and considers It as belonging
10 foreruuner OF the true man. and
therefore the oldest remains known II
may be. he suggests. a type from the
] common original stock o. both man and
/ the anthopoid apes