. Diversions of a naturalist. Natural history. 288 DIVERSIONS OF A NATURALIST up there humanly worked flints of very primitive work- manship. I have also followed with Dr. Smith Woodward the development and confirmation of his interpretation of the jaw. I now desire to insist upon the legitimate conclusion to be drawn from this wonderful specimen. That con- clusion is that the creature, indicated by it, is not (or was o. mc. Fig. 28.—The Piltdown Jaw (Eoanthropus) with dotted lines showing the parts as now "re-constructed" or "imagined" by Dr. Smith Woodward, together with
. Diversions of a naturalist. Natural history. 288 DIVERSIONS OF A NATURALIST up there humanly worked flints of very primitive work- manship. I have also followed with Dr. Smith Woodward the development and confirmation of his interpretation of the jaw. I now desire to insist upon the legitimate conclusion to be drawn from this wonderful specimen. That con- clusion is that the creature, indicated by it, is not (or was o. mc. Fig. 28.—The Piltdown Jaw (Eoanthropus) with dotted lines showing the parts as now "re-constructed" or "imagined" by Dr. Smith Woodward, together with the late-found or recovered canine in its natural position. not when it was alive) an eccentric cousin either of the Simiid or of the Hominid stock, but represents a real " missing link," an animal intermediate in great and obvious features between the two stocks, and either to be described as an ape which had become man-like or as a man who still retained characteristic ape-like features —a truly connecting or linking form. Nothing like it, nothing occupying such a position, has hitherto been discovered. It brings the focus of interest in the. 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 Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929. London Methuen
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