Of the more recent finds on Java’s Solo River—fos-sils which the Dutch diggers take to be even older than the first Pithecanthropus —Dr. Weidenreich has nothing to say whatever.

Nestled in the Overijssel province within National Park Weerribben-Wieden, Giethoorn is often referred to as the “Dutch Venice” thanks to its charming canal network, quaint thatched-roof cottages, and ...