THE FAUNA OF AIN-MAAROUF, AND HOMO-ERECTU S SITE NEAR EL-HAJEB, MOROCCO

The site of Ain Maarouf near El Hajeb, Morocco, has yielded 12 species of Vertebrates, besides an Homo erectus-like femoral diaphysis. The m ain elements of this fauna are : the rare association of Elephas iolen sis and Loxodonta atlantica, a zebra close to the Equus mauritanicus o f Tighenif, Algeria. possibly a true horse, and especially the alcelap hine antelope Parmularius ambiguus, previously known only from Tigheni f. This suggest that Ain Maarouf is close in age to the Algerian site, of early middle Pleistocene age, and is certainly among the earliest Hominid-bearing localities of Morocco.