SUB-HUMAN SKELETON
Discovery in Somersetshire LONDON, July 23. Bupposedly sub-human remains at least 12,000 years old, pre-dating the Magdalenian period, were discovered dn caves at Cheddar, Somersetshire. They form a skeleton which is being cleaned and reassembled for examination by a speleological conference sitting at Bristol. The skeleton is believed to be that of a man 5±'t. oira, ia hright, who dded at the age of 23. It was hermetieally sealed between layers of stalagraite, whose accretions amount to only an mch in a thousaua jtars. An abnorma. feature w the bmoensely poweifu1 lower jaw, supported by a huge muscle dependent on a bony protuberance at the side of the face. The cranial formation indieates high intelligence. Skilfully-shaped flint weapons. implements, and flaking, which were found near the skeleton, indicate that the cave in which tlie bones were fou'nd was not ouJy the uiau's dwelliug, but also his workshpp.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 161, 26 July 1937, Page 7
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149SUB-HUMAN SKELETON Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 161, 26 July 1937, Page 7
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