Evening star., 1923-07-15
Scientists Searching the Americas for Signs of First Human


| of the ruins is well worth a trip to
Tiahuanaco.
There are any number of statues, or
figures. and all OF them are done with
the same skill that is shown in the
carvings on the walls The very
manner in which these ruins are ar
, ranged would indicate that there
! existed a population of no mean pro-
portions at that time and as geolo-
gists, or at least some of them, say
that the Andes are comparatively
modern, what is the answer to the
, fact that the bones Of n mastodon
have been discovered in Bolivia?
There have also been found the
bodies OF giant anteaters. When
| mastodons lived at Ulloma and ant
eaters in Tarapaca. tho Andes slowly
! rising, We're some few Thousand feet
lower than they are today. If theme
galithic builders were living under
| these conditions. thes problem is
solved. If this is geologically i'm
possible. the mystery remains unex-
planned 1t is not beyond the realm
of possibility that when our brothers
of Britain of ever so long ago were
living in caves and fighting for
their lives with wild beasts, these
peoples were building temples and
beautiful palaces. erecting monu-
ments upon which was carved the
story of civilization that antedates
by many centuries that of Egypt.
In the mind of the reader may have
come the idea that the ruins fount;
in the Americas constitute the entire
work of these early people and that
it was impossible for any of these
early people to have migrated to
other shores and so started the popu-
lating of lands beyond our shores. but
it will be recalled that. not so many
years ago. a fishing craft was blown
into the harbor at San Diego, Calf.
and when the men of the ship were
asked for their papers they replied
that they did not have any. When
threatened with arrest for attempted
entry without the proper credentials.
they explained that they had not in
, tended to make the voyage but that
they could not help themselves. So
why is 1t not possible for some of
to other shores. even if they did not
voluntarily seek other places i'll
which to live. How can one explain
the mystery of Easter Island. the
most easterly of the Polynesian group
of islands. There we find hundreds
ef statues and some buildings. The
statues are of different size, ranging
from three feet to eighty feet in
length, and all Of them of the same
type and general characteristics.
What kind and manner of people
were the ones that hewed and fash
| ioned these massive replicas of gods
or men?
While we have learned of the won
ders OF Central and South America
and have puzzled our brains as to
whether or not the earliest ciyiliza-
tion began in the countries to the
south of US. we must not overlook
the fact that only the other day the
bones of a mastodon were unearthed
near London, Ontario, Canada. Noted
archeologists and other men of
science have, for some time past, been
leaning to the side of those who
contend that the Americas were the
primary home of mankind. A number
| of colleges and societies have joined
| hands and will devote the next few
years in an endeavor to uncover data
| that Will fix the habitat of the pre-
historic man. When one stud es
| these ruins to the south and sos.e
| OF the finds that have been made in
this part of America he will, pe;-
haps. agree in part, if not entirely.
with those who hold to the belief
that perhaps the new world is really
the old world.