Diversions of a naturalist (1915) Diversions of a naturalist diversionsofnatu00lank Year: 1915 THE MISSING LINK 287 later, in a startling, almost romantic way, by the discovery by Mr. Dawson and a young French naturalist who were resifting and searching the gravel at the exact spot where the jaw was found, of one of the great canine teeth, twice as big as that of any man and resembling that of a chimpanzee (see Fig. 26 and its ex- planation). There was a good deal of hesitation about the admission of the correctness of Dr. Smith Woodward's presentation of the jaw of Eoanthropus, with so c
Diversions of a naturalist (1915) Diversions of a naturalist diversionsofnatu00lank Year: 1915 THE MISSING LINK 287 later, in a startling, almost romantic way, by the discovery by Mr. Dawson and a young French naturalist who were resifting and searching the gravel at the exact spot where the jaw was found, of one of the great canine teeth, twice as big as that of any man and resembling that of a chimpanzee (see Fig. 26 and its ex- planation). There was a good deal of hesitation about the admission of the correctness of Dr. Smith Woodward's presentation of the jaw of Eoanthropus, with so close a re- semblance to that of a chimpanzee. But the careful con- sideration of the specimen, and above all the welcome dis- covery of the great ape-like canine, has now convinced every anatomist of the truth of Dr. Woodward's restoration. The jaw itself and the recovered canine tooth, as well as the completely restored model of the two sides of the lower jaw and of the brain-case, may now be seen and studied by visitors to the Natural History Museum. They are placed in the Geological Gallery. I have visited with Mr. Dawson the gravel at Piltdown where the jaw and skull were found, and have picked Fig. 26.—The canine tooth of the right side of the lower jaw of Eoanthropus Daw- soni, found at Pilt- down a year after the discovery and de- scription of the lower jaw, to which it be- longs. Drawn of the natural size. To the left a back view, to the right a side view, showing the wearing away of the surface of the tooth. — Canine tooth of the right side of the lower jaw of a European child, milk denti- tion. This 'first' tooth is drawn of twice its actual length and breadth, which brings it very nearly to the same size as the canine of Eoanthropus. It is more closely similar in shape to the canine of the Pilt- down jaw than is the canine of the second or perman- ent dentition of modern man.
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