Scientists Uncover Ancient Skeletonsd Near Bridgeport Connecticut
The Evening world., August 19, 1922
Skeletons of Stone Age Men
Are Dug Prehistoric Inhabitants of Nutmeg State Were Flat
Heads of Great Strength and Huge Teeth.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Aug. 19. Two complete skeletons, believed to have belonged to inhabitants of the earth In the Stone Age, are said to have been unearthed by a band of archaeologists, headed by Prof. Warren King Moorehead, near the Housatonlc River, at Laurel Beach.
The professor and his assistants have been digging in this section for some time and claim discovery of a number of indications that the section was once Inhabited by a forgotten
race.
Both skeletons appear to be well preserved. The bones are rough, denoting great strength, the skulls are flat and both possess a perfect set of teeth of unusual size.
Prof. Moorehead said It was his belief the bodies were burled In salt water several thousand years ago, which accounts for their preservation. He also expressed the hope that he
and his assistants would soon locate a burial ground of a trlbe of ancient race.
Are Dug Prehistoric Inhabitants of Nutmeg State Were Flat
Heads of Great Strength and Huge Teeth.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Aug. 19. Two complete skeletons, believed to have belonged to inhabitants of the earth In the Stone Age, are said to have been unearthed by a band of archaeologists, headed by Prof. Warren King Moorehead, near the Housatonlc River, at Laurel Beach.
The professor and his assistants have been digging in this section for some time and claim discovery of a number of indications that the section was once Inhabited by a forgotten
race.
Both skeletons appear to be well preserved. The bones are rough, denoting great strength, the skulls are flat and both possess a perfect set of teeth of unusual size.
Prof. Moorehead said It was his belief the bodies were burled In salt water several thousand years ago, which accounts for their preservation. He also expressed the hope that he
and his assistants would soon locate a burial ground of a trlbe of ancient race.
