The eminent anthropologist paid high tribute to Mr. LP. Chia, a research fellow of the Laboratory who was supervising the excavation at the time of the discovery, for his keen discernment of the fragments as human, something very dificult to achieve. Hod It not been for his careful" supervision, the discovery might never have been made.
Of immense interest ts the announcement that the skull and tooth remains of the Sinenthropus so far found by the Laboratory constitute the richest and most complete col-ection of human fossils ever recorded. According to him, these remains include four complete brain cases, fragments of four or more individuals, 12 lowe: jaws and, about 100 teeth. This may be taken to mean that anthropologists in the world will naturally turn to Peiping In the future for material and uldance in their researches in the descent of man, At present there are four complete is of the Peking Man in possession of the Laboratory. Two of them were discovered in 1929 and 1931 and studied by the late. Dr. David~ son Black former Director of the Laboratory. The recent discovery marks the frst since 1031:
Was a Cannibal Expert examination by Prof. Wel-den reich shows that the four skulls belong to the lower pleistocene period and that they are about 500,000 years old. The two skulls recently found, li is believed, belonged to an adult male and an adult female, The exp city, of the brain case of the male individual varies from about 950 ec. to 1,100 ce. while that of the female Individual from about 850 ce. to 050 ce. The average bran eapeeliy of the recent man Characteristic of all Stnanthropus finds 30 f2r made, no limb bones ave been discovered besides skull fragments, This fact together with the interesting discovery that all the four skulls do not possess the front perl—the part through which the brain may" most conveniently be brought out when the head is severed from the trunk—leads to. the supposltion that the Peking Man Is a can-nihal who Killed and dismembered is fellow man and brought only the head into the eave of Choukoutien to cat the brain, according to Prot.
Concerning the geographical conditions of Choukoutien, the professor believed that the place must have been a eave which provided good shelter for the cannibalistic Peking Man to eat the human brain.
The stature of this primitive man, the professor stated, must not have been much different from that of the modern men, judging from the size of the skull, But this theory, together with others, must not be taken as final and "should be substantiated by further discoveries, cording to the professor.
Excavation work at Choukuotien was started in 1027 and has been continued since then. The cave where field work has been carried ut covers a large area and measures about 48° moires deep. Excavation thas been made possible by the grant from the \ockefeller Foundation.
More than 120 persons are being engaged—Central News.
Tue sum of $362,215 has been expended by the Nanking city government to link the Nanking municipal light railway with the Nanking-Wuhu oilway according to a report submitted fo the Legislative Yuan by the Nanking city government.
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