Professor Heerlin. lias found in the. Javanese village of Trinil what is said lo be a complete skull of Pithecanthro pus Jlrcctus, nr the so-called “missing link.” The American Afnsenm of Natural History intends to procure funds to carry on the excavation work. Pithecanthropus Prectns is the name given to an extinct species, the remains of which were found in the Pliocene of Java by Dubois in 1892. When living it apparently' resembled the human type more closely than any of the anthropoid apes. Tlo. eabln news in this issue accredit •d to the l.endon “Tinies” has appec cd tn that journal, but only whore ox grossly stated i- such nows the editor- • opinion of "The Times.")
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 53, 26 November 1926, Page 11
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117Untitled Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 53, 26 November 1926, Page 11
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