New Britain herald., 1923-04-13
HUMAN RACE DATES
 ID BORDER OF TIME.
Age of Man Estimated by Some
 at One MlSiOn Years

London, April 13.-Much specuia- ton as to the age of man has arisen | as A result of the recent discoveries of fossil human skulls in south AiNer- lea, Patagonia and the isalnd VT Jersey. The estimates as to the an tiauity of the human race range all the way from ten thousand to a mil lion years. Dr. Wolf's reported dis- coyery in Patagonia of a fossiized human skull in the tertiary period, however, may nullify all previous scientific calculations on this subject, and the public is now getting ilttie charry about accepting even scien- lists estimates regarding the date Of the origin of the human race.
 Ever since the unearthing of the ashes of King Tutankhamun, who' m inc view of anthropologists, is to be reckoncd only as an infant as the age of man goes, startling discoveries have been made all over the world which upset all well-established an- thropological foundations.
 pr. A. Smith Woodward, director of the geological department Of the BTltlSl
 esting commentaries on the latest discoveries in skulls and bones. For a moment" says he. the puphc seemed to assume that we had founo at last the first man who hVed on earth I fear, however, that these connectures are as baseless as they are interesting. Since the skull from Jersey is said to have been found near a neolithic burial chamber, 1t ia probably much nearer our perloo than any of the skulls of fossil men which show resemblance to thelr ape-like ancestors. And since the specimen from Patagonia comes from a country which has furnished more mares nests in the study Of prenls- toric and ancestral man than any other part of the world, 1t will not excite interest among anthropologists until some geologist admittedly skilled in such matters has satisfied himself that this is a true fossil, definitely associated with the remains of extinct animals"
 Who, then, Dr. Woodward asks, was the first man on earth? ITO De strictly accurate" he replies, we have not yet found him. although we have some reason to think we know where to look. In the dim border land of time which separates man from monkey there roamed, some where in Central Asia, form of large brained ape destined to be the precursor of man. It is impossible to fix date for his appearance, but we do know that when he came into being the Himalayan Mountains had not yet reared their peaks"
 It was in the Neanderthal, near Duesseldorf, Germany, writes Dr. Woodward, that the remains of the earliest man of whom anything is really known were discovered. Com pared with our knowledge of his an- cestors," he says, The is an intimate acquaintance But it is impossible tog assign him date in years. Swedish l geologists reckon his age as about { 12.000 years"
 'Neanderthal man." continues the British scientist, Twas definitely a man. He lived in caves from which he sallied forth to hunt the animals, such as mammoth, rhinoceros, rein- deer and bison, which then roamed over Europe. We have found his tools flint and bone, and we have found even the bone pins with which possibly the early women fastened the rough skins which served them for petticoats. We have also found re- mains of paint and rouge, which seem to signify the dawn of vanity.
 .t- l,Ia nT zn 1,o ascertained that these early human beings believed in a future life. an enormous advance in thought. They buried their dead, and with the dead we have found both stone implements and the bones of animals which had been buried when still covered with flesh, and were doubtless intended to be used as food in case the departed | spirits should suffer the bangs of hunger"