. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. 138 THE PROBLEM OF MAN'S ANTIOUITY species of elephant which successively predominated in Europe (Text-figs. 41-43) served as one of the bases for this subdivision as follows : Upper Pleistocene : Elephas (Mammuthus) primigenius (mammoth). Middle Pleistocene : Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus. Lower Pleistocene : Elephas (Archidiskodon) meridionalis. There is an overlap in the time ranges of these species but the time of first appearance of each serves to mark the base of a division. Attempts have been made to extend this system beyo
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. 138 THE PROBLEM OF MAN'S ANTIOUITY species of elephant which successively predominated in Europe (Text-figs. 41-43) served as one of the bases for this subdivision as follows : Upper Pleistocene : Elephas (Mammuthus) primigenius (mammoth). Middle Pleistocene : Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus. Lower Pleistocene : Elephas (Archidiskodon) meridionalis. There is an overlap in the time ranges of these species but the time of first appearance of each serves to mark the base of a division. Attempts have been made to extend this system beyond Europe by correlation of equivalent or co-lateral species. Thus eastwards through Asia Elephas meridionalis gave place to E. planifrons. In recent years the recognition of Elephas (P.) hysudricus as equivalent to E. (P.) namadicus in the Indian Pleistocene, and that in turn as closely comparable with E. (P.) antiquus in Europe, has contributed to the modern classification of the Trinil beds as Middle The next important discovery was made in Europe. Herr J. Rosch, owner of a sand pit at Mauer in the valley of the Neckar, 6^- miles south-east of Heidelberg, had been encouraged by Dr. Otto Schoetensack, geologist in that university, to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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