ANCIENT SKELETONS.
DISCOVERY IN CRIMEA. J RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS' CLAIM. A. and N.Z. LONDON. Feb. 20. The Moscow correspondent of the Daily Express states that MM. Bontsh and Osmolovsky, two Russian scientists, announce the discovery in prehistoric caves at Simferopol, in tho Crimea, of two skeletons of men who lived from 40.000 to 50,000 years ago. They also aay tlioy found skeletons of prehistoric ; animals as well as a quantity of flint- ; ctpn®.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18950, 23 February 1925, Page 9
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