The Java man

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)

The Java man

We take our leave of this locality and hurry away to the north, where the stage is set for the incoming of the early cave men, and the animals of tlie first glacial stage. We this time come to rest in France, and centuries begin to slip by. We see much snow begin to fall and glaciers come moving slowly southwards from the Arctic regions. It is the first glacial age. Then as tiuie moves on, warmer days return and the glaciers retreat, only to advance again when a hundred thousand years have passed. Once more they retreat, and a long interval of springlike climate ensues for about two hundred thou>and years, and then once more the cold returns, and the Arctic glaciers push southwards for a third time. This is the time of the early cave men, so we must set out in search of them. It is summer time, and much of the loose snow has evaporated, making walking much easier than in winter. The mountains are snowclad, and long glaciers stretch down most of the valleys. Pines and firs are the only trees we see, and there are several forests of these covering much of the landscape. This is the country in which we are to look for the early cave man and the animals of the period. We shall find them next week.