Deseret Evening News | 1908-01-29 | Page 9 | Before "Poor Lo" Who Lived Here?

BEFORE POOR LO WHO LIVED HERE Scientist Finds No Bones Bonos of Any Race Earlier Earler Than Red Man EXAMINES FOURTEEN F FINDS None Nolle XOI I 10 Murk Not In lu Ait I to o i GrO D TI DC C Jan Jait 23 25 2 W W In Ili spite of oC frequent ro re forts orta of or tho tim digging up eu U on o othis this continent of DC skulls and hones bones of or hUlion beings which boar tOe tn ot or being very vcr ancient to tho tile clay In no un IU human bones hn been unearthed In II North orth America that un dl date duto buck back to tue tho very vet vcr cathy oatly typos luch us aa hoso from Crom the tue deposits of Europe This Is the thc con COIl conclusion COi elusIon reached by hy Mr 1 Ales Aleu AIt of oC the National museum OH au tho tIle result rosult resul of ot an ItO l exhaustive conducted for to I tho of American l ot of o nil iiii ul tIle early skeletons skeleton or ot purl valt ot of o skeleton on 00 01 this tillS now tOW ilO preserved In iii collections or In museums A re ro report port of lt w has Just been published as alt a 1 bulletin of O the tile o or of American Ethnology In II summing up UI l Dr r says day ay i Hut But one conclusion la Is I Justified which Is II that thus far ar on this no At human hones bones of undisputed geological antiquity arc liro Iro known This must not floe bo ho 1 us na IA equivalent to a 1 declara declaration tion lon that there thoro no curly man mal In Inthis Inthis this tills country countr It moans menus mens only lil that it Ir f oar oary onrI I ly y man did Id exist In lii North America convincing proof of the fact from flOI the tho Out of or physical anthropology still sti remains to be produced FINDS FINDSOn On this continent since men met began bean to study the tho subject there have bae bell been ben unearthed only lilly 14 1 skeletons or harts of o skeletons tho the carly early ago age of which lIfts has received any In scientific sanction They arc ale Tho The New Orleans bones discovered In Ill 1844 tho tile Quebec skeleton of at about aboul the same time tile the Natchez pelvic hOlo unearthed In iI 1846 the lICe Monroe Ion roe Florida Olda hones bones 1552 or 1353 the Soda 80 Crock Creek Colorado skeleton 1860 the tho Charleston South Carolina remains of ofa n a little later the Calaveras California skull the Rock flock skull the tilo same samo year lII tho the Mexico skeleton 1884 the he Trenton skulls 1879 SI tho tile western Florida skull and bones the Trenton femur 1899 1893 tho the Lansing Kansas skeleton 1902 and the thc Nebraska loess bess nan man lan of or last year 1 and 1011 IU several years cars before Of O these a tt I number attracted atme great atten attention aten tion ton at tilt Iho timo of their thel discovery and Ind the tho discussion over oer the lie skull particularly grew rew to such heat hlat that tho 10 disastrous results to Our Society Upon the thc Stanislaus wore were graphically recorded In II verse er e by b Bret S Harto lar to EARLY BARLY DISCOVERIES Each gach of these finds has his been ex ox examined e by h Dr Ir 1 The the Now New ow Orleans skeleton was struck In lii digging two 10 gas JS tanks In what was wl then the tho bitch back part of ot tho city el of New Now Orleans ans It I lay la 10 feet Iet below helow tho the sur surface surface face faco beneath the roots of a tree 1 thousands years 11 was tho the extravagant claim for tor Its Is age but ap apparently apparent apparently parent tho tile bones not old enough to have become fossilized I IThe The Quebec skeleton It was said was dug ug out of cit f the solid sold schist rock on which tho citadel stands hut but hit no traces trace of It I cnn can now bo be found Tho The rock from which It was na claimed to have been een taken Is hi of a Ii 1 period known to be long before l man lived at It nil all ni The Tho Natchez pelvic pel viI hone boric black from apparent although found with bones bOlls of ot the tho extinct mastodon and alil III other animals was unearthed In a I riv nl Ino at al the tile foot ot of o n It cliff Tho Tile bone hono probably stained by the peaty panty soil coil sol may maywell I well 01 have fallen alien ulel down dowl from above and all mixed with wih early Carl animal re remain IC remal mal maIns lw Tho Tito Monroe Florida bones consisting of at Jaws Jaw with sIth wih perfect teeth portions of o a 1 foot were vero ClOd by li h Count F de do dl In a I bluff blur on tho shores ot of Lako Monroe Ion roc Al AI Although Although though examined by b Prof In about them then Is meager and andna andr na r their fossilized stoic state t c moans 1118 little l UC In lii 11 Florida they thC can cnn not be lie accepted as proofs of ot the thc presence of early flAil mun In II North America Information Is In also nisI ILls lacking as its lS to tho Soda SOll Creek Cc lc Colorado skeleton un unearthed by ly h gold miners 22 feet feel down Iown In Inthe Inthe inthe the gravel rn 01 mid boulders boul ers of n Soda lair bar barIt It was not fossilized rd nod and was apparently CALlS CIU a IL I modem noten burial the thE Charleston South Caro Carolina lina bones dug up together with mas tas mastodon todon lolon remains by b Prof F 8 S Holmes Investigating for tor tho the Philadelphia iua IC domy demy of 01 Sciences lost lust theIr thol weight W na Its evidence of ot early man Ut hAt lo Is known them now nov no null and no record of nt 01 a n chemical or 01 II physical ex ox examination of 00 o them thel Is 16 left Iett ler TiE CLA SKULL SKULL Tho The turnout skull on the tho oilier other hand now In Jn tho loll inu mi nt itt It Harvard Is one of ff tile ho most mo t examined and anti discussed II skulls un 11 it 1 was WIS discovered ls by h a 1 mine operator In ii 1806 In a a shaft he hl dug foot feet below hilow tho thu th surface It I Is I In u it fossilized condition 11 lon After ter rn an ox InitIative study Dr Ur Is of or tho opinion that It bears very vory close chose re lC resemblance r semblance to skulls 11 ls In tho Olin United Suites States National museum 11 m taken front from CK In iii Il tIn amo sanie county count to which no nn groat grot ago ngu I can cun bo be hI attached The rOI Hoole Bluff Hl ft Illinois 11 In the tho United States National niu AIU mi settie 1811 claim for the tho antiquity Of If which wore had based mainly main I on the long loin sloping antI ami general genell undeveloped shape Hlll 1 II is very IY similar to 10 moro mort or QI II loss lo modern Indian 1110 In Iii the UIO annie 1110 collection Th man ihian of ot Pen yon WItH win up Ill In Iii II IBS ISSI 1681 In Iii tim tho Valley of ot The he skeleton wits WIS Imbedded In Iii II limestone but bl not far II away wore were worl found fragments fragment of o If pottery filth and roots of plants it I can elm hardly bo ho li vary uy ancient TilE THIS fiE lm BONES BONE Tim Tho ho number of or skulls and nn hones bonus mi timi I nfl seine Rom of or ary now lion In lii this the lie ut Itt Harvard no file hy HOll to It eCI ov that mall mail wax WIH hero hern h ro before LIlA t l Although mout niost oc or lie bone buy mi bo be positively identified its tta ll Indian remains r two IWI are aro so 0 dif dlf ferent terent from the tho rout host that tile tho have many fIltHy rIley are of o n ft typo to In any Ily known ha Indian I unil only after Milt n search wan Wil as Or lm 1 I able to with wih yet De Ie 0 of or skulls of or O of or tile norths tol coast of If and ni and 1111 on oil tile the tl islands Inland of at tho the tier dor Zoo Zee II dually mull tallied no so 10 voll wol with that hat ho lIe thoy are tiro It probably ably huh of l 1 O Tho VIm femur or part hart ll hartor t tot of ot a n thigh pono pane no was WI discovered by ly an a 1 el 1 I or for or of liar J ll ni yard vard In II a n l to fo 1411 1101 which would toil tu to tl dhow allow It Il its deposition before th 1 a Il I epoch A account of ot U the tho find however r liw Ia not yet ct tl u and Present evidence Is II not Of ItS Hf ego nIe A SKELETON The Tho landing 1 was IS brought to light by h thin tho lio soils BOH of a I i farmer near linaC nor norIAn IAn III Ion ICon they aero oro dIggIng iv IL tunnel fol ol apple 1 find and other farm products In ono of ot the to bluffs log Ing 01 Missouri river It I was 70 UI 0 foot tot from 11 III filec of o tile the t hI IU r and 20 foot feat below 1 10 the he surface In II n P I 11 claimed I Ito to bo ho 0 geologically ancient In tn however It lit is II practically Identical with th typical skeleton of ot a it largo large 11 o i majority of the of or tho the I and fOI for title this a on ally age Ie attributed to It would not be bl What Is If a known as ni tile the man ot or w tern Florida Includes a I number of or hii dating buck bliek a I ItS fur for rl r nn us 1871 most rOAl of which are nrc now In Ili the tho In IA atlon they bear a it I 1111 l like likeness Iko Ikone ness ne to 10 Indian hOI with not notI n it I 1111 feature Indicative of a e t ally 11 lower honor or otherwise substantially different type of e humanity An expert from tho tile United States geological sun stilt Vu 0 In Iii goll over tho the ground found folInd maUl many pieces picco of O modern shells h lf and other evidences that the roll 01 oil Is II not very ery vcr an au ancient In Incent cent Investigation of a IL number of DC Indian mounds In III the tho locality brought h to light other fossilized Indian skulls of ot similar structure LOESS MAN MANThe MANTue f fhE The Tue hE most recent of or nil all ni tIles tho hi Nobl loess bees locIs man nUL I with other skeletons from mounds by hy II It Jt F p Hider Prof PrO E II 11 I Darbour Barboul of ot the th University of o Nebraska and others last year yal la Is perhaps of greatest t present Interest It I has haR been be n discussed d In lii print by b seIne somo 1010 of o time the leading men miti of science In Iii the tho country The rue most significant bones bOI lay Iny II deep down In II the mounds mould be below b blow below low above abo An All exhaustive examination of ot thorn thom however has bus led ledI to I tim the tl following conclusions If U time the present specimens Is Ii Impartially consul consid considered credo ered It I Is I a that list t tho ila I theory t hOr ot or ota ort ofa a t more lore than recent geological origin of 0 any nn of them hem meets with serious ob oh objections while on 01 the other hand no 10 Insurmountable obstacle appears In Ill con COIl connection COI necton with wih the thU I it ull 11 lire are comparatively recent rc en animals might well have hav carried bones through their tunnels tunnel to tode de levels thieve are marks A of ot gnawing on somo some of o tho tilO deer deep dC JI hones they time tho ore axe Just like bones at higher levels hovels as ItS Il far as a discoloration consistency tOn and markings go seine somo ot or thin the deeper dl bon bonos have been be n scratched 1 by b some sort of ot and similar scratches scratched 11 are axe on un unI recent I ont bonese bonse In tho thin same mounds skulls of ot low Ion lo forehead and pronounced d ridges like one oft of or these occur occasion occasionally occasionally ally nil among modern Indians In Iii fact there thre Is ig little to ti support 1011 a l classification of oC the bones found In tho ho th ancIent still soil apart I la It from many others the thic surface This Thin has led 1 1 Dr strongly to io question any an claims of ot an all antiquity for the thA Nebraska remains In connection conne with these Investigations Dr has hits recently com corn completed studies ot or It a largo large num her bet of n skulls In III the collection of tho the U US US US S notional national museum Among other things s thes th I studies have hae established the thit flIrt fact that no can an b b bi i placed upon a n low sloping forehead for and prominent ridges In determining tho the legree of development or the he antiquity if r f skulls