The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-11-26
Great Expedition viii Explore Re-
mote Sections of Asia for Most
Primitive Human Remains.
Greatest EVER ORGANIZED.
China and Mongolia Expected to
Yield Up Treasures in Anthropol-
ogy and Acknowledgements
Superstition Big Drawback.

New York--To search for the most
primitive human remains, the "miSs-
ing link" between man and the apes,
will be the object of Il great eXpedi-
lion to lie sent out ny the American
Museum Of Natural History in coop
Grafton with the American Asiatic as
>"ciation and Asia Magazine. The eX-
y'pdition will he the greatest OF it's
Kind which has ever been organized
by any institution in the world and
will work for five years with large
party of scientists in various remote
der the direction and leadership Of
Mr.. Roy Chapman Andrews. Associate
Curator Of Mammals in the American
Museum of Natural History. who FOR
The last ten years has been CARRYING
on geological explorations in various
parts Of the Far East. The expedition
will he financed by Il fund OF S22lO.O0O.
which is being provided by the Amer
iran Museum Of Natural History. the
American ASintic association and A<in
Magazine aud the private Suhscr;p-
lions OF Mrs. Willard Straight. Messr>.
!. p. Morgan. George +: Baker. chi'tls
Frick. W. \. Hartman and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles l.. Eernheimer.
When in the year 1891. II Dutch
army surgeon. Eugene Dubois. while
eScavat!nc for fossils in central Java.
discovered near Trinil part NJ skull.
two molar teeth and a thigh hone he
had Nnenrthed one of the most per.
picking conundrums in the study of
!nnar ancestry. We're the remains
those of an extremely early type Of
prohu,nan nanlke animal: II so.
This apeman must have lived approx
in'ntrly five hundred thousand years
ago. This momentous discovery has
hc"n supplemented by that of other in
a'ispu'ahly human remains nf which
the most ancient. found in southern
Germany. Is the jaw of the so-called
Heidelberg man who may he two hun.
,lred and fifty thousand years Old.
with the exception Of the Java spec
linen. all fossil human fragments have
hesn discovered! in Europe or England.
Nevertheless. the leading scientists Of
tho day believe TINT Asia was the early
home Of the human race and that
whatever light may he thrown upnn
the origin Of man will come from the
great central Asian plateau.
Appeals to Imagination.
I'll" subject Is one that makes a
universal appeal to the Imagination.
The causes that led to mans evolu-
'ion from the apes. how that evo!u-
tion was first accomplished. what
primitive man looked like a.,d how he
lived--,hese are all subjects upon
which there is much theory. hut as vet
very little fact.
Leaving about the first @! mex, Feb.
runry. headquarters for the expedition
will ne established In Picking. The
first year will be devoted to Studies
in pale"Nt"iogy and zoology in China:
the second wear the work will he ca.
ri"'' into Mongolia and a geologist will
h" added +" the field staff: the third,
fourth and fifth years nrcheoloyists
and anthrop0lOgiSts will he sen, ,u,t
which with the biologists and pale.
"nto'"g!st> will carry on work in vari.
O,ss part 1T Asia.
The imp0rtance> OF this region long
has been recognized but no system
ati.. study on large scale ever has
h"sn attempted. and there is no sim.
liar area IT the inhabited surface Of
the earth about which 50 little Is
kn"wn. Whether Or not human re-
mains are found it will yield rich COL
ler';"ns in all branches Of science.
The material will he exhibited in the
proposed Hall Of Asiatic life In the
American Museum If Natural History.
which It Is hoped the city will add to
the MUSEUM buildings In the near flu.
ture. At the present time it one