Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-01

scantness OF their evidence Here is his statement:
Five cases in the center hall are devoted to
the story of man, and that it can be compressed
into so small space is indication of the scare
1ty of his remains, for here are displayed repro
auctions of all of the notable specimens that have
been discovered
"These so-called 'ape-men' are Pigments Of the
heated and overly enthusiastic Imagination of
evolution's devotees. The Piltdown man, for ex-
ample was no man at ALL All that they found
In the gravel pit in Sussex, England, near Pitt
down common, were two three bits of skuIlbone
piece of jawbone and canine TOOTH With
these few little scraps that jugger could con-
ceal in the palm of hand, the scientists recon-
structed' the Ptdown and proclaimed it as
new genus, which they called Eoanthropus or
'dawnman,' and they named the species Dawsoni
In honor of Mr. Dawson, the English scientist.
And the climax capped when Professor Hrd-
licka reached the conclusion that the Piltdown
jaw and tooth did not belong with the fragments
of skull at all but really belonged to fossil CHM
panzee.'
"And as for the Java 'ape-man,' the case is even
worse. DR.. Eugene Dubois, Dutch physician,
claimed to have found these bones in the Island of
Java in 1891, but scientists have been suspicious
about the genuineness of the find. There only
three fragments of this genteman-the Java or
Trinil apeman-who has been given the over
whelming name, Pithecanthropus' There is a
part of the skull, part of a femur bone and one
moar tooth.
"As for the 'Neanderthal Man. shown there in
the Hall of the age of Man., Huxley himself said
In no sense can the NeanGerthal bones be regard.
ed as the remains of human being intermediate
between men and apes.
"Then there is the Talgai SKULL still shown in
case at the museum, but about which little is
said these days, and rightly For Archibald
Weston of Australia, former chief protector Of
aborignes, has shown that it is the skull of one
of the Australian black boys shot and buried on
the spot in 1848!"
born would be interesting The difficulty seems to
be to get Dr. Osborn sufficiently stirred up. At this
writing he has said only this:
The American Museum of Natural History can
take care of itself. It is certainly not the in
tentioh of the museum to enter into any
troversy with Doctor Straton the issues he
raises. There is point, however, on which
should like to correct him. He charges that the
taxpayers money is misspent by the museum Evil
IDENTIFY he is not aware that the many millions OF
dollars, worth of exhibits have been purchased
solely through voluntary contributions The build
ings, of course, were put up by the CITY out the
reach far afeld, is only made possible by the gen
crosby of the New York public
Dr. Frederic A. Lucas, honorary director of the
museum, commenting, Dr. Straton's sermon,
said he could not see it would do any harm to
children to become acquainted with the evolution
airy theory. He added
They are bound to meet 1t, one time or another.
It underlies all science all knowledge and all
human thought of this age; and without an un-
Outstanding of it cannot ever be educated AS
for putting the Bible in the Hall of the Age of
Man." that think, would be absurd The evolu-
tionary theory is accepted, in general. by all
creditabe scientists today If they do not believe
just Darwin did, it is only on Incidental points
they differ. The idea that human beings came by
development from more primitive forms is accepted
This attack by Dr. Straton on the doctrine OF
evolution adds interest to the Forthcoming fourth
Asiatic expedition of the American Museum of
Natural History. The third Asiatic expedition,
under the direction of Prof Roy Chapman An
drews curator-in-chief Of the division OF explora-
ton and research Of the museum, proved that white
Europe and America were continents at sea-level
and practically awash while the Himalayas had not
yet appeared Mongolia was fertile, lifted plain,
the animal Garden of Eden" 1t is hoped to prove
that it was also the human Garden of Eden"