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Prehistoric Man

Prehistoric Man

by W. L. H. Duckworth

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Author
Duckworth, W. L. H. (Wynfrid Laurence Henry), 1870-1956
Title
Prehistoric man
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Jens Nordmann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology
Subject
Prehistoric peoples
Category
Text
eBook-No.
44331
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44331
Release Date
December 1, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PREHISTORIC MAN
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.CHAPTER I THE PRECURSORS OF PALAEOLITHIC MAN — Pithecanthropus erectus. — The Heidelberg or Mauer Jaw [6] .
  6. 6.CHAPTER II PALAEOLITHIC MAN — Taubach in Saxe-Weimar. — Krapina in Croatia. — S. Brélade's Bay, Jersey. — La Chapelle-aux-Saints (Corrèze). — Homo mousterensis hauseri ( Dordogne ) — La Ferrassie ( Dordogne, France ). — Forbes Quarry ( Gibraltar ). — Andalusia, Spain. — Grimaldi ( Mentone Caves ). — Baradero. — Monte Hermoso. — Combe Capelle ( H. aurignacensis hauseri ). — Galley Hill. — Summary.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS AND CAVES
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV ASSOCIATED ANIMALS AND IMPLEMENTS
  9. 9.CHAPTER V HUMAN FOSSILS AND GEOLOGICAL CHRONOLOGY
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI HUMAN EVOLUTION IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT DISCOVERIES — Conclusion. — APPENDIX — REFERENCES TO LITERATURE — Recent publications containing a summary of the latest discoveries. — INDEX

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