Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 141
the herds 98 MEN OF THE OLD STONE AGE of bison and of wild cattle (urus) which roamed over the plainswere now subject to the attack of the lion. The discovery in 1907 of a human lower jaw in the base ofthe Mauer sands is one of the most important in the wholehistory of anthropology. The find was… … Fig. 47. The Heidelberg jaw, type of Homo heiddbergcnsis. Abouttwo-thirds life size. After Schoetensack. workmen had been instructed to keep a sharp lookout for humanremains. The jaw had evidently drifted down with the riversands and had become separated from the skull, but it remainedin perfect…
Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive
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