Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935. [from old catalog] · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 115
3 Fischer,14 Schwalbc,15 Buchner.16 74 MEN OF THE OLD STONE AGE upright-standing ape-man. The specific term erectus refers tothe thigh-bone, of which the author observes: We must there-fore conclude that the femur of Pithecanthropus was designed forthe same mechanical functions as that of man. The… … Fig. 30. The Solo or Bengawan River in central Java. Scene of the discovery of the type specimen of Pithecanthropus erectus in 1894. After Selenka and Blanckenhorn. Compare map (Fig. 32, p. 75). fossil creature had the same upright posture as man and likewisewalked on two legs. . . . From this it…
Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive
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