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Engis - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | ENGIS, a cave on the banks of the Meuse near Liege, Belgium, where in 1832 Dr P. Schmerling found human remains in deposits belonging to the Quaternary period. |
 | | This, known as "the Engis Skull," gave rise to much discussion among anthropologists, since it has characteristics of both high and low development, the forehead, low and narrow, indicating slight intelligence, while the abnormally large brain cavity contradicts this conclusion. |
 | | As, however, fragments of coarse pottery were found in the cave which bore other evidence of having been used by neolithic man, by whom the cave-floor and its contents might have been disturbed and mixed, his arguments have not been regarded as conclusive. |
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