ANCESTORS OF MAN.
The discovery of the fossilised bones of who lived, perhaps, a million years ago was recently announced in a message from the Peking correspondent of the “ Daily Telegraph,” which was first with the news. This discovery was made near that city, in a cave which has already yielded very valuable anthropological treasures. The most important item is a perfect skull, examination of which, it is held, shows that' at so remote a period the world’s history there existed on earth being who had the power of thinking and who walked in an erect attitude. According to the view taken by scientific authorities at Peking, including the distinguished Canadian, Dr , Davidson Black, who made important earlier discoveries at the cave, the “ Peking man” excels"m.antiquity all.previous finds of the sort. This “Peking man,” in fact, is believed to be the - direct ancestor of the present human‘s family.
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Matamata Record, Volume XIII, Issue 1104, 10 March 1930, Page 3
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