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Reference numberMS/811/2/1
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, Hans Reck [Invalidenstrasse 43 Berlin], to Arthur Tindall Hopwood
Date30 July 1932
DescriptionThanking Hopwood for news of Professor Boswell's examination results and notes that determining the real age of the [Olduvai Gorge] skeleton is more important than proving anyone right or wrong. Discusses the role of steppe lime chips in association with a possible burial of the fossil. Encloses two photographs of the Deinotherium teeth that Hopwood presented to Reck at Oldoway [Olduvai]. Looks forward to Hopwood's visit to Berlin and is studying Hopwood's translation of Reck's Oldoway manuscript
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionOn paper
Access statusOpen
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