Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-04
CLAIMS MISSING
LINK THEORY WAS
BARNUM' s IDEA
Noted AnthropoIogiSt Declares
in Lecture That Great Sci
enlist Got Credit for Cir
Gus Mans Stunt,

ESPECIAL coaRssronpHscr 70 MORNING JOURNAL
Santa Fe, June 3.-Darwin never
said that man descended from the
ape. Nor did Darwin set up the the.
ory of the missing link" that was
Barnum's invention. SO said Prof.
Charles Hill-Tout. the Canadian an
thropologist. in his lecture before the
summer school on 1.-The Antiquity of
Man in the Light of Modern Discover
les which he had crossed the conti-
nent from Vancouver to deliver be-
fore the Royal Society of Canada, and
recrossed the continent from Ottawa
to Santa Fe, to deliver before the
New Mexico Institute of Science and
Education.
The lecturer dealt fascinatingly
with his subject, and proved that
sometimes a study which is popularity
believed to be dry is often the most
absorbing to he found. Mr.. Hill
Tout said that for long years fanciful
myths surrounded the subject which
led to the belief that man came into
being about six thousand years ago.
IT was not until 1853. when Darwin
published his theory of evolution, and
the discoveries of bones in the valley
of the Somne, France, together with
ancient stone implements, that scien
lists became convinced of the exist
ence of primitive man 100000 and
more years ago. The discovery in
1891 by Dubois of the skull Of the
so-called Java man further fortified
scientists in their conclusions. The
cranial capacity was 500 cubic cent?
meters, compared with 500 of the an
thropoid apes and 1850 of the aver
age modern man. This man is known
as pithecanthropus erectus meaning
that he was an ape who walked up
right. The next discovery was in
1897 near Heidelberg, Germany,
where the Jaw of a primitive man of
proportions was found. The
Neanderthal man and other skeleton
remains were described by the lee
turer. They were all characterized by
beetling brows, low foreheads and
signs which seem to prove that they
We're of a low and brutal type. Yet, |
they We're representatives of mans |
Beginning of Art.
These were the Mousterian group |
Then came the finding of skeletal re- !
mains Of higher type, the Aurigna-
gian man, the immediate predecessor |
of the present-day man. There is a |
decided advance from the Mousteran |
to the Aurignacian type. To the lat |
ter can be traced beginnings of art, i
for in the caves inhabited by this type /
of man are found spirited drawings /
and paintings of the animals contem- |
poraneous with him, the European BIZ |
son, extinct forms of the boar and |
other creatures. 1t is possible that |
the Aurignacian man eXterminateo |
the Mousterian. Some scientists rec
ognize otner species of man. The lee
turer linked these up with the Tas- |
manian and Australian.
Still another important discovery |
was that of the Piltdown skull found /
In Sussex i'm recent years. Here was
another type of primitive man more
advanced than the others and yet diff
fering from modern man.
Mr.. Hll-Tout said that these dis
soveries singly might not mean much.
But the cumulative evidence leads to
he conclusion that there has been un-
folded the evolution of man from his
earliest form. There is nothing to be
ashamed of in this. The ancestor of
nan probably lived toward the end Of
he tertiary period, million to three
million years ago, and certainly at the
beginning OF quatefnary
Helpful OF Future.
Man was the crown and fruition of
hose laws of the creator who had inn
pressed the law of evolution on the
matter. Considering the
wonderful achievements of the past,
here Is every reason TO look forward
With hopefulness to the future, and
hat despite the terrible war in Eu-
'ope. which, too, may be a step in
for it is a war for ideals
md principles.
Mr., Ilill-Tout illustrated his lee
ure with a series OF fine lantern |
lides. President Rupert f. Asplund
resided, Superintendent Alyan n
White introducing the speaker. Miss
Iinoios rendered most charmingly a
ocal solo. After the lecture, recep- {
ion was rendered the attendants at !
he county institute and tea was
erved in the historic reception room
nd the Wallace room, which were
fragrant with an abundance of bios
Oms /