THE GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN
By Sir Charles Lyell, BT., F.R.S., Etc.
London: Published By J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
And In New York By E.P. Dutton & Co.
With Introduction And Notes By R.H. Rastall, M.A., F.G.S.
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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 ]
ILLUSTRATIONS
[ Plate 1. A Village Built on Piles in A Swiss Lake ]
[ Plate 1. Swiss Lake-dwellings ]
[ Figure 3. Cast of Human Skull ]
[ Figure 4. Skull of Chimpanzee ]
[ Figure 6. Outlines of Skulls ]
[ Figure 7. Valley of the Somme ]
[ 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 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 ]
[ 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 ]