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THE MANLIKE APE. DISCOVERY OF A SKULL, LONDON, February 4. British scientists are. deeply interested in the finding of the skull of a manlike ape in Beehua.na.land. It is reported that the skull is believed to bo the oldest in the world. The missing link between man and the ape was discovered by Professors Dart and Young. Coinmt it ting on the discovery Sir Arthur Keith, secretary of the Royal Institution, who is an authority on the antiquity of man, said: "I know Professor Dart, the Australian anatomist, well. He is particularly interested in the brain, and if he has found the cast of a brain his evidence is well founded. Professor Dart is most capable and able. Therefore the report must be taken seriously."
Professor CI. Elliot Smith, porfessor of anatomy at the London University, said that Professor Dart was not likely to make'a mistake. "He was with mc," he remarked, "when the Rhodesian skull arrived." —(A. and N.Z.—Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 30, 5 February 1925, Page 5
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