. Diversions of a naturalist. Natural history. Fig. 29.—Complete Skull and Jaw of Eoanthropus Dawsoni. One-third the natural diameter. The parts indicated by dotted lines are re-constructed. The rest is drawn from the actual bones -discovered at Fig. 30.—The complete Skull and Jaw of a young Chimpanzee. Drawn of one-half the natural diameter in order to compare with Fig. 29, representing the adult skull of Eoanthropus, reduced to about the same size. which of these remains are of animals which were the con- temporaries of Eoanthropus, all we can say is that Eoan- thropus, the creatu
. Diversions of a naturalist. Natural history. Fig. 29.—Complete Skull and Jaw of Eoanthropus Dawsoni. One-third the natural diameter. The parts indicated by dotted lines are re-constructed. The rest is drawn from the actual bones -discovered at Fig. 30.—The complete Skull and Jaw of a young Chimpanzee. Drawn of one-half the natural diameter in order to compare with Fig. 29, representing the adult skull of Eoanthropus, reduced to about the same size. which of these remains are of animals which were the con- temporaries of Eoanthropus, all we can say is that Eoan- thropus, the creature whose jaw was found at Piltdown, may have lived as late as the latest or as early as the earliest of the animals whose remains are associated with it. The Eoan- thropus re- mains are not so heavily mineralized, it seems to me, as are the frag- ments of teeth of M iocene age found with them. At the same time, we have no ground j for assuming that this crea-. 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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