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With Introduction And Notes By R.H. Rastall, M.A., F.G.S.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
LIST OF CONTENTS.
GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN.
CHAPTER 1. — INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER 2. — RECENT PERIOD—DANISH PEAT AND SHELL MOUNDS—SWISS
CHAPTER 3. — FOSSIL HUMAN REMAINS AND WORKS OF ART OF THE RECENT
CHAPTER 4. — PLEISTOCENE PERIOD—BONES OF MAN AND EXTINCT MAMMALIA IN
CHAPTER 5. — PLEISTOCENE PERIOD—FOSSIL HUMAN SKULLS OF THE NEANDERTHAL
CHAPTER 6. — PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM AND CAVE DEPOSITS WITH FLINT
CHAPTER 7. — PEAT AND PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM OF THE VALLEY OF THE SOMME.
CHAPTER 8. — PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM WITH FLINT IMPLEMENTS OF THE VALLEY
CHAPTER 9. — WORKS OF ART IN PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM OF FRANCE AND
CHAPTER 10. — CAVERN DEPOSITS, AND PLACES OF SEPULTURE OF THE
CHAPTER 11. — AGE OF HUMAN FOSSILS OF LE PUY IN CENTRAL FRANCE AND OF
CHAPTER 12. — ANTIQUITY OF MAN RELATIVELY TO THE GLACIAL PERIOD AND TO
CHAPTER 13. — CHRONOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD AND THE
CHAPTER 14. — CHRONOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD AND THE
CHAPTER 15. — EXTINCT GLACIERS OF THE ALPS AND THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL
CHAPTER 16. — HUMAN REMAINS IN THE LOESS, AND THEIR PROBABLE AGE.
CHAPTER 17. — POST-GLACIAL DISLOCATIONS AND FOLDINGS OF CRETACEOUS AND
CHAPTER 18. — THE GLACIAL PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA.
CHAPTER 19. — RECAPITULATION OF GEOLOGICAL PROOFS OF MAN'S ANTIQUITY.
CHAPTER 20. — THEORIES OF PROGRESSION AND TRANSMUTATION.
CHAPTER 21. — ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY VARIATION AND NATURAL
CHAPTER 22. — OBJECTIONS TO THE HYPOTHESIS OF TRANSMUTATION CONSIDERED.
CHAPTER 23. — ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGES AND SPECIES COMPARED
CHAPTER 24. — BEARING OF THE DOCTRINE OF TRANSMUTATION ON THE ORIGIN OF
NOTES.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Plate 1. A Village Built on Piles in A Swiss Lake
Plate 1. Swiss Lake-dwellings
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3. Cast of Human Skull
Figure 4. Skull of Chimpanzee
Figure 5. Skull
Figure 6. Outlines of Skulls
Figure 7. Valley of the Somme
Figure 8. Flint Implement
Figures 9 and 10. Flint Implements
Figures 11, 12 and 13. Dendrites on Fling Hatchets
Figure 14. Flint Knife Or Flake
Figure 15. Fossils of the White Chalk
Figure 16. Fluvio-marine Strata
Figure 17. Cyrena Fluminalis
Figures 18, 19 and 20. Elephas
Figure 21. Section of Gravel Pit
Figure 22. Contorted Strata
Figure 23. Section Across Valley of the Ouse
Figure 24. Position of Flint Weapons
Figure 25. Hill of Fajoles
Figure 26. Alluvial Plain of the Mississippi
Figure 27. Succession of Strata
Figure 28. Cyclas
Figure 29. Cliff
Figures 30 and 31. Strata
Figure 32. Pinnacle of Chalk
Figure 33. Newer Freshwater Formation
Figure 34. Paludina Marginata
Figure 35. Oval and Flattish Pebbles in Deserted Channels
Plate 2. Glen Roy and Glen Spean
Figure 36. Map of Glen Roy
Figure 37. Section Through Side of Loch
Figure 38. Dome-shaped Rocks
Figure 39. Map of the British Isles
Figure 40. Map British Islands
Figure 41. Map of Part Of the North-west Of Europe
Figure 42. Map of Ancient Glacier
Figure 43. Map of the Moraines Of Extinct Glaciers
Figures 44, 45, and 46
Figure 47 and 48. Southern Extremity of Moens Klint
Figure 49. Post-glacial Disturbances
Figure 50. Erratic Blocks in Berkshire, Massachusetts
Figure 51 and 52. Dome-shaped Block
Figure 53. Canaan and Richmond Valleys
Figure 54, 55 and 56. Brain of Chimpanzee
Figure 57 and 58. Chimpanzee And Human Brain
