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From India through Java, Australia and Africa, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of the U. S. National Museum, scouted out new fields for scientific research. Returning last month to Washington, he reported several new species of fossil big apes in Siwalik Hills (Burma); a new place to dig in the Solo Valley, stamping ground of Pithecanthropus erectus, the Java apeman; two new cave men's skeletons from the Broken Hill country in Rhodesia, South Africa, source of the famed Taungs skull...
...advance. He lived mostly in forests, and fossils of forest life are always few. Human fossils have been found only in river beds (from drowning-infrequent), and in caves. Seven early types have been discovered: ¶Pithecanthropus erectus* A skull cap, thigh bone and some teeth were found in Java. They are probably not less than 500,000 years old. Study indicates that the creature walked partially erect, had a brain volume about half way between man and the gorilla. The skull recently found at Taungs, South Africa, is reported as of this general type. ¶Homo heidelbergensis. Two jaws...
...game hunting, in which Dr. Smith is a veteran, will be a very important part of the trip. Dr. Smith, whose experience as a sportsman has been extensive, has shot tigers in Korea, China, Java, and Persia, lions, elephants and buffalo in British East Africa and Somali-land, Kadiac bears in Alaska, cougars in Sonora, and nearly every other form of big game...
...negotiated by elephant-back. In Burmah, Dr. Smith will lead the way from Rangoon up the Irawaddy river to Mandalay, and thence to India, where he will visit Calcutta, Darjeeling, Benares, Delhi, Jaipur, Anidapur, Bombay and Madras. There will be tiger and wild cattle shooting. Through Ceylon, Singapore, and Java, the party will reach the South Seas where several islands will be visited on the way to Persia...
...second place, Evolution is no mere guess. Great masses of convincing evidence surround us on every hand. Living animals, prehistoric fossils, such findings as the Java Ape-Man, and the development of domestic animals, etc., show that Darwin's genius was not misdirected. Also, instances are known where we can see Evolution plainly going on, where we can see certain species of wild animals actually changing under our very eyes. Few scientific theories present as over-whelming an array of supporting evidence as Evolution...