THE PRE-HISTORIC RACE.

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1370, 22 March 1923, Page 2

THE PRE-HISTORIC RACE.

An anthropological discovery of interest has been made at McFarland, near California, says the Christian Science Monitor. Excavations under the direction of the University of California. revealed well-preserved skeletons of dozens of what the University men believe to be the first dwellers in what is to-day Southern California. These excavations, supervised by Aiding Steinberger, were made in mounds that lie near the shore line of the from the size of the thigh hones, it na Vista lakes. The mound opened was in the form of an irregular parallelogram, about 10 feet high. With the finding of the first skeleton the excavations proceeded with great care, and later dozens were unearthed. The mound also was found to be rich in clusters of beads, carved mother-of-pearl, eagle claws, bear teeth, and long ropes of small sea shells. Small stone implements, some of them entirely different from those previously found, were unearthed. “ The skeletons represent a most astonishing race of people, who probably inhabited this country several thousands of years ago,” said Mr Steiberger. “ They are those of monster men, measuring in , height no less than 7 feet, and perhaps j more. Femur hones measure 29 j inches in length.”