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Show The Antiquity of Alan. With regard to the discoveries on the Blopas of the Bicrra de Managua, Dr. Flint considers that the human bones prove indisputably tho existence of man in Pliocene limes. Still we must recollect recol-lect that in such an active volcanic re-' gion as Nicaragua, with its hot and moist climate, sudden upheavals and subsidences subsi-dences may be expected to have oc-1 currred, while the rich tropical vegetation vegeta-tion would rapidly repair the ravages uaused by the most devastating eruptions. The footprints themselves tell us little as regards their antiquity. As before mentioned, men-tioned, they present no evidence of belonging be-longing to an inferior type of man, while the sandal shod footprint indicates a certain cer-tain advance in civilization, since a man who wears shoes at all can hardly belong to the earliest stage of human culture. Considering all the circumstances, therefore, there-fore, it will, perhaps be wisest to adopt Dr. Brinton's cautious conclusion, that there is not sufficient evidence to remove these remains further back than the present pres-ent Post-Pliocene or (Quaternary period. Knowledge, |