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Show Bones Uncovered in inariganyik inTanganyika Tanganyika ariganyik ariganyika b Bb a May Be B BeNeanderthal e eBand NeanderthalIin Band Banderth erth erthal al KinFOl1Ild Kin KinFound ( Found FOl1Ild in River Bcd Bea Beaiitll BedWith With ! iitll Other Oilier RelicsN RelicsEANDERTHAL Relics RelicsTSJEANDERTHAL TSJEANDERTHAL EANDERTHAL EANDERTHALman : NEANDCRTHAL NEANDCRTHALman N orihis man , or orIlls orhis or-i- or i - - ' his Ills cousin , , may have been beenan beenan beenan an inhabitant mhabltant ofeastern of eastern Afri Afn- Afn Afnca Afri- Afri Africa Africa - - ca during durmg the Ice age . Such Suchat , at least , is the preliminary prelInllnary eVI- eVI evi - - dence deuce evidence evideuce offered by fragments fr.agments . ofa of ofa ofa a skull sluIl brought back from Tan Tan- TanganYIka Tanganyika Tanganyika - ganyika , formerly German E1.st E1st E'ist Eist . ' EistAfrica E1.stAfrIca E'istAfrica Kohl-LarsenBerlin Kohl LarsenBerlin KohlLarsenBerlin AfrIca , by Dr . L Kohl-Larsen Kohl Larsen - - , Berlm Berlin archeologist . . The fragments were found m in a thIck athick river deposit that contameda containeda contamedconsiderable containedconsiderable contained contamed a aconsiderable considerable number of rough stone stoneimplements implements , . and thousands of bones bonesof bonesof bonesof of animals used tor for food by the pre- pre pre pre- - historic prehistoric men who lived at the site siterhinoceros siterhinoceros siterhinoceros rhinoceros , zebra , gazelle , hyenaand hyena , and others Beneath this stratum stratumwas stratumv.as stratumvas was \ \ . as another nnother layer of food remams remains remainsconsisting , conslstmg consisting almost entirely of fish fishbones bones , , and above it traces of a sec second secand second ond and fish bone layer . Evidently Very OldThe OldThe Old OldThe The bits of skull are so badly badlyshattered badlyshattered badlyshattered shattered that positive Identification identificationis IS not 110t possible at present That Thatthey Thatthey Thatthey they ore are undoubtedly t \ ery old , how how- however however . - ever , , is attested not only by thefauna the thefauna thefauna fauna in m whose company they were werefound werefound werefound found but also by their blackened blackenedhighly , highly fossilized fosslhzed condition They are areunusually areunusually areunusually unusually thIckMost thickMost thick thickMost Most important among the pieces piecesis IS a bit of the upper jawbone Jabone Ja\\ Ja \ \ bone , , bear bear- bearmg bearing bearing - ing mg three teeth It was partly on onthis onthis onthis this that the suggestion was based basedthat , that the one time owner may have havebeen havebeen havebeen been a relative of Neanderthal Neanderthalman Neanderthalman Neanderthalman man If It this should prove to be bereally bereally bereally really the case , the find is one of ofe'CtraordInary ofextraordinary ofextraordinary e'CtraordInary eCtraordInary extraordinary ' importance , , for thenearest the thenearest thenearest nearest sites now definitely known knownfor knownfor knownfor for authentic Neanderthalers are m in mPalestme inPalestine inPalestme Palestme Palestine , . about 7,000 7000 , miles north of ofTanganyIka ofTanganyika ofTanganyika TanganyIka This would represent representa a tremendous extension of Nean Nean- Neanderthal Neanderthal Neanderthal - - derthal man's mans ' distributionDr distribution distributionDr Dr . Kohl Larsen also found sev sev- several sev- sev several several - - eral caves containing contammg crudely exe exe- executed executed executed - cuted paintmgs pamtmgs paintings of ammals-probab- ammals probab animals-probab- animals ammalsprobably animalsprobably animals - probab probably - ly not of the same age as the bone bonedeposits bonedeposits bonedeposits , deposits by the river One of the thecaves thecaves caves had a sun symbol , done m in inwhite mhlte mwhite \\hlte hlte white \ paint pamt . . |