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Litchfield Enquirer
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut
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M. Paul Gervais discovers a fossil ape in Montpellier's upper tertiary strata, likely Macaque genus. Compared to finds in Pyrenees and London, this shows fossil apes in all major Western European tertiary layers, proving humans' much later appearance on Earth.
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M. Paul Gervais has lately discovered in the upper tertiary strata of Montpellier, a species of fossil ape, probably belonging to the Macaque genus. On comparing this discovery with that of M. Lartet, in the Pyrenees, and those made in the environs of London, it appears that fossil apes have been discovered in the three principal tertiary strata of Western Europe; that is to say, in every part of the level of sedimentary earths in which the bones of mammalia abound. If man had existed at the period when these strata were deposited, the discovery hitherto of the slightest human skeletons, or remains attesting man industry, would be very astounding. The discovery of the fossil apes is therefore additional proof of the very inferior antiquity of man on earth. -[English paper.]
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M. Paul Gervais discovers fossil ape in upper tertiary strata of Montpellier, comparable to finds by M. Lartet in Pyrenees and in London environs, indicating fossil apes in all principal tertiary strata of Western Europe where mammal bones abound, providing proof of man's inferior antiquity as no human remains found in these layers.