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large part of the skeleton of a pi an This being it js believed lived among the beasts Even though gigantic Hint Arrowheads of the Type Found he had not progressed beyond Recently Near Sarasota Florida Fashthe Stone Age using weapons ioned by Alan for Killing Wild Beasts made of flint' he was still able Probably 25000 Years Ago to cope with the tremendous beasts because of his skill and termine why that bit of flint courage with spear bow and arrow was there and how the Stone He could not have been a stupid Age bowman met and vanperson or he aeverSwould have im overcoming the difficulties quished one of the mightiest of his foes with which he had to cope— always All these important discover weapons and implements that ies were made by the enabled him to be victorious over the ' Holmes-Moor- e A wild animals Expedition which has been Engaged The leaders of this bein digging in tlje ground lieve they have found theexpedition cnief pasture along the banks' of the ground of great herds of gigantic Florida creeks on the beasts that roamed t through Florida not by hundreds but by the thousands There were the huge glyptodons giant A sloths and other animals driven southward by the great ll of the glacial epoch which had reached n as far south as the Carol in as Man top may have been forced to emigrate tp escape the cold and in pur-su- it of the game upon which he fed himself and his family1 vjiz f The Holmes-Moore- d Expedition has discovered! evidence 'that 'this early I American was especially fond of meat ' ' devouring the otter muskrat turtles and even snakes The chief delicacy to these men of the Stone Age was the marrow which early they extracted from the bones of the animals they killed The proof of this is found in the and broken bones side by side withsplit the stone implements which these men and women used for securing their favorite food y The announcement Cof the discovery XV est interest for it Coast The two has aroused world-wid- e has been suspected that Florida scientists in charge of the long was one of the earliest habitats of man expedition are Professor J '''J on the Western continent E MooYe and Professor W In 1848 W Holmes both of the Count Portales discovered the jaws and teeth and several bones of the foot beAmerican Museum of Natto a human being At first it ural History of New York City longing was reported that thesp had been found to theix announceAccording ment they believe they have found m a calcareous conglomerate forming Coral reef This would have Part the extensive pasture lands of the meant were 10000 years old they mammoth and mastodon when TTie fact That theseifirst Americans lived back in the far they lived with the mammoth and mastodon Pleistocene Age Other animals that aid3 in studying them and their to that period have left their arts? greatly belonged for they parallel the life and remains in the mire of the Florida habits of the men of ihe Early Stone swamps so that it will be possible Age in Europe Of thr latter much altoIs when all of the evidence brought ready is known because of the extengether to give a very adequate acremains of theseYmen discovered sive count of the animal life which teemed m various caves both in France and in that part of the country ages ago Germany r no One of the most interpstiner dwv Hitherto there had been extensive finds of Stone Age men in the United States although many istone arrowheads and spear points have been brought to light all over the The actual bones of man or country woman ' identifiable fcs of the Stone Age have not been found The famous Mound Builders were very much later and while they seem to have made and used stone implements they had advanced far beyond the Civilization o the early Stone Age As the present Florida expedition goes farther and digs( deeper far’ greater discoveries may be expected They may be able to determine whether these men lived in caves like those of Europe or in trees and huts which they may have built on the higher levels j as the waters receded in the creeks and rivers It also will be possible to gather further knowledge of all the arts which they may have mastered They certainly knew how to make fires both to cook their food and to protect themselves from the attack of wild beasts at night AH this information and more which can only be guessed will be forthcoming when the expedition uncovers all that is to be found of the life and habits of the first human beings who lived 25009 ears ago Thus there is plenty foi opportunity for speculation furnished in the dis covery of this first American— perhaps the most startling and Interesting v made in the United j i dlaeorery a few ago of a flint arrowhead firmly lodged in the petrified jaw of a prehistoric mastodon in a Florida swamp has served to shed a new and y thrilling light on the of the earliest known inhabitants of North America The arrowhead evidently discharged about 25000 year ago from the mighty bow of an elepnant hunter had apparently been shot upward striking the mastodon behind the chin and passingjust through the tongue had imbedded itself behind and almost between two of the gigantic animal's tremendous teeth To make such a shot the hunter must have been crouching directly in the ath of the onrushing beast He must lave waited until the gigantic animal was almost over him before ahooting' Part of the skull and teeth of the animal the arrow and also the remains ef a man who lived on the American continent 25000 years ago were found on the banks of Phillipi Creek thirteen miles from Sarasota Florida by scientists of the American Museum of Natural History They bear vivid testimony to the as- tonishing courage of the men who hunted gigantic beasts including the mammoth and the mastodon the giant sloth and the aurochs colossal ancestor of the bison armed only with a bow and arrow There In the Everglades the first American must have waited hidden in the swamp grass near ancient water holes for the great beasts to approach As one of these ' animals came and roaring ominously stamping toward him the man stood his ground He remained in his crouching position even until the beast was almost over him its overwhelming weight about to stamp him out Then rising swiftly standing nnder the very shadow of the monster the first American would let an arrow fly upward striking the soft skin and flesh under the jaw bringing THE II the huge enemy down It was impossible scientists believe for even the most skillful bowman to force the flint arrowhead through the thick hide and heavy layers of flesh on the mammoth and reach a vital spot But when he drove the arrow' with all his strength into the jaw entering the tender flesh of the mouth it was possible to reach the brain and kill the animal But this required cunning and bravery almost unknown to modern man To kill the animal it was necessary to be almost beneath him It necessitated long observation of the habits of the mammoths — not only of coming to the water hole but noting that as they came they opened their mouths wide from thirst and anticipation of the welcome water Then the American was able to time the flight of his arrow and still avoid being trampled to death Thus from a single little arrowhead found between the teeth of a the archaeologist of the twentieth century Is able to de-- de-visin- g i '-- Yi --Y £J y rfr'T rvi‘ "l v - :h v:tf t V pre-histo- ric r -- fl j PcK JL ” ! 4 f f 'Y 14$ Mi I &j 3 ice-wa- lw i - - r 1 9 Vitl -- ur v’- r- - £ imZ ' -- t X - i SS3T V1 V M - I i itLik J Arrowheads and Spearheads of the Type Used by the American YJY': of a Forgotten Age k i v ’ j w “First h '9r s i'£ L i j J:ps A m i V r v ' j f ' mam-mon- th -- ed x super-braver- m suc-ceed- ! i The Enormous Tooth Shown In the Photograph Above Is Declared to nave Belonged It Was Dug Up to a Long Extinct Alastodon of the Pleistocene Era fy: aca gss&n esesf i Recently in Florida Together with Other Important Finds 2kvnpacs wwrt £929 $ — J |