The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-22

report read 10y NJ. Douville shows
pretty coHcmsively that they do-and
thai those similar To them discovered
an 10 nov are of more recent date,
he character of the work done 10y
the cave artist of la Colombiere is
sucn as Immediately To rivct the cloc-
est attention on it.
For the man" here shown, the man
of the AuriguaCian age, bears most
striking resemblance To him of the
! Magdalenian age, supposedly a much
more developed individual
Compared with the human face
sketches from the cave of Marsonlas.
the man of Ia Culumhicre has the
same.
50 much for the coutcndcrs of the
! l'rcnchmcu who have made this re-
markable find. Backed up though
they are 10y good arguments il is not
likely that they will bc swallowed
without "a struggle. ON the contrary.
they will probably bc the cause of still
another controversy To add To the al
leady stormy annals of authropology.
] For there is undoubtedly another side
| TO the question.
First, as to the pictures Just found
LOT La Colombicro In spite of the fact
that those similar to thcm-including
/ The human faces of the cave of Mar
soulas-arc generally ascribed by
i'renchmen not To- the AurigHcian. but
/ tO the later Magdalcuian age. others
! think them productions of Aurignacian
artists If this latter theory is ac-
| ceptCd. TIA" man Of I.a Co!unbicre is
! simply one more To add to the scantv
gallery o. AurignaCian doIictions of
! human beings Even if hc proves To be
/ that and nothing more, hc will he ac-
! counted a precious find. bul naturally
] his value will not he So enormous as
I those who have found him and those
who share their views would have us
believe
Second. rs To whether the man" Of
! La Coiombierc proves that W are de
seconded from the Ncandcrthal- spy
Ia Chappcle-auX- Saint race or The
race represented 10y him of the Pilt-
down skull.
| There, too. matters are 10y no means
as easy as they look To the sangune,
! trcnchmcn. Tlcnty of learned men
who have studied the subject of the
descent Of man are of the opinion that
man may he descended from neither of
these interesting groups; they con-
! tend that both of these races may have
become extinct and that mankind
sprang, possibly. from some race which
J appeared later.
Among those who are, So 10 speak
! still "on the fence is Prof James +.
! ShotWell, of the history department Of
! Columbia university \ New York
Times reporter showed him the other
! day the first reproductions to reach
/ this country of the La Columbicrc pic
lures. The professor studied them and
read the resume of the report con
,ernin% them with the minutcst at
tcntiou.
This is without question a remark
able discovery he said. and | thank
! you for putting mo in touch with it
| had not as Yet heard of it.
1T is especially interesting because
il is. apparently well authenticated.
The placing of the pictures i'm the
\ AurignaCian age seems To me to be-
/ probably correct that is shown 10y the
/ different levels investigated i'm the
cave. rhc cross section of these levels
/ indicates that a considerable interval
! has interviewed between the strata i'm
! Magdalenian above. Moreover. if the
! report is to be believed the fauna of
the lower strata indicate of the AuriG-
nacrau- Suburban stages of culture
Judging by the rest Of the draw
/ ings found along with that of the man
-Cthosc "r the horse wild sheep, Sec
! this would seem like a pretty accurate
! representation of q high grade skull
! with higher brain capacity or at least
= different shaped head than the
Ncdndcrthal people.
III you follow one classification
commonly accepted i'm France. draw
! incs similar To this which have already
been found must Ice placed i'm the
MaCdalcnian period. thus strengthen
/ ing the contention of the discoveries
| Of the La Colombierc relics. ON the
|
! there are some people who place these
J drawings in the AuyignaCian period II
the cave drawings which have been
! found in recent years IN Spain and
! France are ascribed to the Aurigna-
clan artists one cannot claim priority
Tor this latest find.
But it still remains a remarkable
addition to knowledge. It Is too early
to risk amy theories, but, anyhow, it
* OF great significance to hud any
! further possible indications that men
OF 80 high type existed SO far back
II may not Ice amiss To SGT down
! here some facts about the various
iinds of skulls and other relics FROM
| which the theories concerning the de-
! scent Of man have been constructed i'm
| recent wears
May Not Be Oldest Picture
First in point of time and fame
comes the Neanderthal skeleton. un-
earthed in 1856 in the narrow raviuc
of chat name near Dusseldorf, Rhcnish
| PRUSSIA. When originally brought 10
| light 1t was probably intact. but the
worltmen who found II not knowing
] to II,