Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 15 tomas

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Geologists' Association, London, 1899

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245 psl. - In no sense, then, can the Neanderthal bones be regarded as the remains of a human being intermediate between men and apes. At most, they demonstrate the existence of a man whose skull may be said to revert somewhat towards the pithecoid type.
245 psl. - whether we regard its vertical depression, the enormous thickness of its supraciliary ridges, its sloping occiput, or its long and straight squamosal suture, we meet with ape-like characters, stamping it as the most pithecoid of human crania yet discovered.
59 psl. - whenever a new and startling fact is brought to light in science, people first say, ' it is not true,' then that ' it is contrary to religion,' and lastly ' that everybody knew it before.
234 psl. - It is in fact a fair average human skull, which might have belonged to a philosopher, or might have contained the thoughtless brains of a savage.
245 psl. - Dryopithecus it is a little less. But we must be permitted to point out that if the man of the later Quaternary age is the stock whence existing races have sprung, he has travelled a very long way.
245 psl. - Between the man of Spy and an existing anthropoid ape there lies an abyss." "The distance which separates the man of Spy from the modern anthropoid ape is undoubtedly enormous ; between the man of Spy and
58 psl. - the thanks of the Association were unanimously voted to the officers and members of Council retiring from office, to the auditors, and to the scrutineers. The President then delivered his annual address, entitled
231 psl. - the thanks of the Association were unanimously voted to the officers and members of Council retiring from office, to the auditors, and to the scrutineers. The President then delivered the annual address, entitled,
414 psl. - Till some fierce tide, with more imperious sway, Sweeps the low hut, and all it holds, away.
230 psl. - and it is recommended that the appointment of this committee be confirmed as soon as the new Council meets. Your thanks are due to the Council of University College for the facilities they continue to offer the Association in the use of rooms,

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