The Antiquity of Man

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Sir Charles Lyell

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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INTRODUCTION.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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 PERIOD—CONTINUED.
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.