[132] It is fair, however, to observe that the Bible refers the first great divergence of language to a divine intervention at the Tower of Babel. The precise nature of this we do not know; but it would tend to diminish the time required.
[133] Lecture in the Royal Institution, March 24, 1876.
[134] "Antiquity of Man," 4th ed.
[135] Southall, Op. cit.
[136] The Mentone skeleton described by Dr. Rivière gives evidence of these facts.
[137] Mr. Pengelly declines to admit this; but assigns no cause for the breaking up of portions of the old floor, which he merely refers in general terms to "natural causes."
[138] This whole subject of supposed preglacial or interglacial men is still in great confusion and uncertainty, and is complicated with questions, still debated, as to the ages of the supposed glacial and postglacial deposits.
[139] Quarterly Journal of Science, April, 1875.
[140] Lyell's "Manual of Elementary Geology."
[141] For a full discussion of this subject, see the "Story of the Earth and Man."