Show fossils proof of antiquity of pian 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 animals of 0 at least a halt half million years ago this being called pithecanthropus canth er ectus had bad a small head with huge ridges over the eyes its teeth were much like tolise of today tod ay iy and it walked erect next in age are the remains of it 11 individuals discovered deeply burled in a cave care near china these people were much like the java man but were somewhat more advanced the associated animal bones indicate a period only a little later near heidelberg Uel delberg in germany a human jaw was found during 7 commercial excavations the stratum in which it lay was deposited in the second inberg interglacial laclai epoch probably years ago the jaw Is huge it has no ebin chin but the teeth are human another find of about the same I 1 gge age was made near sussex england and consists of 0 a very simple skull combined with a law jaw which resembles that ot of a chimpanzee fifty thousand years ago a people called neanderthal were living in ID the eaves caves ot of europe they were distinctly human but in many ways resembled the anthropoid apes they had long lone low heads projecting faces and walked la in a semi erect position about years ago they were displaced by newcomers the cro magnon SI agnon a people much like modern europeans |