The Raymer enterprise., 1914-01-08

Aurignaean age, bears most striking resem
blance to him OF the Magdaenian age supposedly
a much more developed individual
Compare this man of La colombiere with the
middle OF the three human faces from the
cave OF Marsouas. shown on this page. He has
the same respectable skull development. much
more like that OF the possessor OF the Piltdown
skull than that of the ape-like "Neanderthal man
and his congerers. The nose. II will also be
noted is very similar to that OF the Marsoulas
man, likewise the heavy chin.
So much for the contentious Of the Frenchmen
who have made this remarkable find. Backed up
though they are By good arguments. II is not like
ly that they will be swallowed without a struggle
On the contrary, they will probably be the cause
OF still another controversy to add to the already
stormy annals OF aishropology. For there Is un-
doubtedly another side to the question.
First, as to the pictures Just found of La Colon
biere. In spite of the fact that those similar to
them-ineuding the human faces OF the cave O.
Marsoulas-are generally ascribed by Frenchmen
not to the Aurignacian but to the later Magdaen-
ian age others think them productions OF Aurig-
nician artists II this latter theory is accepted.
the man OF La Colomfbiere is simply one more
10 add to the scanty gallery OF Aurignacian depc-
tions Of human beings. Even II he proves to be
that and nothing more. he will be accounted
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so enormous as those who have found him and
those who share their views would have us be-
lieve.
Second. as to whether the man" OF La Colon
biere proves that descended from the
NeanderthalSpy-La Chapelleaux. Saints race or
the race represented by him OF the Piltdown skull
There. too, matters are by no means as easy
as they look to the sanguine Frenchmen Plenty
OF learned men who have studied the subject OF
the descent OF man are OF the opinion that man
may be descended from neither OF these interest
ing groups they contend that both Of these races
may have become extinct and that mankind
sprang, possibly from some race which appeared
later.
The latest news from abroad shows that the
man Of La colombiere has already set learned
tongues to wagging against each other Already
Messrs. Mayet and Pissot the sayants who found
him. have hornets nest about their ears. In
London Mr. J. Leon Williams writing in tine Illus
trated London News. has placed himself on record
as foe to the belief that he of La Colombiere Is
the earliest picture OF man Mr.. Williams idea
is that We have to do here not with faithful de-
liDeation Of the human form but with a carica-
ture. He writes:
AS Messrs. Mayet and Pissot say the drawing
is very clear especially the face and upper part
of the head. The back of the head and the neck
do not seem to me very well defined In the pho
tograph.
THE dscoyerers speak Of this drawing as hav
ing Of the characteristics represented by the
Neanderthal, Spy or La Chapelleaux-Saints
skulls. In their opinion the head resembles the
fossil skull of Chancelade They say:
The head is large, the forehead round and
prominent tbombre), rising slightly oblquely.
The face is long. as though pulled out from be-
low upward and is distinctly projected forward;
the chin is prominent. and has short beard In
dcated by small lines: the nose is long and very
thick: the eye is indicated by two curved lines,
and has indeinable expression
In this detailed description 1t is quite evident
that DIR. Mayet and NJ. Pissot believe that we have
here something In the nature Of realistic draw.
ing OF Aurignacian man. This is confirmed by
their further statement that we have not previous
ly found any engraved figures that teach US any
thing definite about the exact form Of contour Of
the human face of the Aurignacian or Solutrian
periods and that this want has now been filed
by their discoveries.
With these statements and conclusions find
II impossible to agree. Al leas. two other en-
cravings Of the human race have been previously
discovered. one la the Grotte des Fees In the
Gironde. and the other In the FontdeGaume at
Les Eyzies tDordogne y.
4 think It will be clearly seen that the great
interest in this new discovery lies not in the be-