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IN the summer of 1908 the Abbés A. and J. Bouysonnie and L. Bardon, already distinguished for their researches into the Palæolithic industries in France, made an important discovery. At La Chapelle-aux-Saints, a little south of Brive, in the Department of Corrèze, they found buried in a grave of Mousterian age a human skeleton of Neandertal type, with the head more completely preserved than in any previously known example of its kind. An inquest was held on the spot by some of the best-known “prehistorians” in France, who unanimously confirmed the observations of the discoverers. The skeleton, which Messrs. Bouysonnie and Bardon have generously presented to the National Museum of Palæontology in Paris, was entrusted by a fortunate choice to the director, Prof. Boule, and the result of his investigations is the beautiful monograph before us.
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L'Homme Fossile de la Chapelle-aux-Sainte. By Prof. M. Boule . Pp. 275 + xvi plates. (Paris: Masson et Cie., 1913.) Price 50 francs.
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Fossil Man 1 . Nature 91, 662–664 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091662b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/091662b0