Show fossils proof of antiquity of man the most ancient being known which can be called man was discovered in java it was Im bedded in a stratum containing fossil plants and a animals n mals of at least a halt million years ago this being called pithecanthropus canth er erectile ectus had a n small lea head d with huge ridges over the eyes its teeth were much like ilke tolise of toda today Y and it walked erect next in age are the remains of 11 31 individuals discovered deeply hurled buried in a cave near helping Vel ping china these people wore were much like the jay java a man but were somewhat more adv advanced fince the associated animal hones bono s indicate a period only a little later near heidelberg in germany a human jaw was found d during commercial excavations the stratum in which it lay was waa deposited in the second interglacial epoch probably years ago th the jaw Is huge it has bile no DO chin but the teeth are human another find of about the same age was made near sex england and consists of it a very simple skull combined with a jaw which resembles that of a chimpanzee F fifty I 1 fly thousand years ago a people called neanderthal were living in the caves of europe they were distinctly human but in many ways resembled sem bleil the anthropoid apes they had long low heads projecting faces and walked in a semi genii erect position about 2 years a ao 0 o they were displaced by newcomers the cro magnon a people much like modern E europeans uro |