ANCIENT SKULL.
UNEARTHED AT LONDON. ABOUT 20,000 YEARS OLD. SNOUT INSTEAD OF A NOSE.
(Per Press Association—Copyright.) (“Sun.”) (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, October 22. An ancient skull has been unearthed in Leadenhall Street, during excavations, at a depth of 25 feet. Professor Elliott Smith expressed the opinion that it was that of a woman aged 45, black. She was able to speak, hut was extremely coarse. She possessed a snout in the absence of a bridge to tlie nose. The woman was born 15,000 to 20,000 years ago, at the end of the ice age. The discovery is an important one. The skull is slightly smaller than that of the lowest typo of Australian aboriginal. The thinness of the skull indicates that it is nearer to the modern type than the Piltdowu or Neanderthal remains.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10532, 23 October 1925, Page 5
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