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Show Prehistoric Man in Burmah. To the Zoologist, R. C. J. Swinhoc contributes some important notes on prehistoric man in Burmah. It will be-remembered be-remembered that in 1894 Dr. F. Noet-ling Noet-ling announced in the records of the-Geological the-Geological Survey of India the discov- - 7 ery of a bed of ferruginous conglomerate conglom-erate at the oil fields of Yenangyoung of worked flints in association with the remains of Hipparion antilopinus and rhinoceros perimensis, thus carrying carry-ing back the existence of man in that country to the older Pliocene or upper Miocene. A year later R. D. Oldham expressed the opinion that, in the first place, the flints are not confined to the ferruginous conglomerate, and, secondly, that they are not chipped by man. As the result of a recent visit to the locality Mr. Swinhoe confirms con-firms Dr. Noetling's view that the chipped flints, and likewise certain facetted bones, are the works of men's hands, but, on the other hand, he regards re-gards them as of the Palaeolithic age, the place where they were found being be-ing apparently a workshop of that period. pe-riod. Nature. |