The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity Of Man

About this eBook

Author

Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875

Title

The Antiquity of Man

Credits

Produced by Sue Asscher, Robert Prince and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

QH: Science: Natural history

Subject

Human evolution

Category

Text

eBook-No.

6335

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6335

Release Date

August 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN
2. 2.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.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.BIBLIOGRAPHY.
5. 5.DETAILED LIST OF CONTENTS. — GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN.
6. 6.CHAPTER 1. — INTRODUCTORY.
7. 7.CHAPTER 2. — RECENT PERIOD—DANISH PEAT AND SHELL MOUNDS—SWISS
8. 8.CHAPTER 3. — FOSSIL HUMAN REMAINS AND WORKS OF ART OF THE RECENT
9. 9.CHAPTER 4. — PLEISTOCENE PERIOD—BONES OF MAN AND EXTINCT MAMMALIA IN
10. 10.CHAPTER 5. — PLEISTOCENE PERIOD—FOSSIL HUMAN SKULLS OF THE NEANDERTHAL
11. 11.CHAPTER 6. — PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM AND CAVE DEPOSITS WITH FLINT
12. 12.CHAPTER 7. — PEAT AND PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM OF THE VALLEY OF THE SOMME.
13. 13.CHAPTER 8. — PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM WITH FLINT IMPLEMENTS OF THE VALLEY
14. 14.CHAPTER 9. — WORKS OF ART IN PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM OF FRANCE AND
15. 15.CHAPTER 10. — CAVERN DEPOSITS, AND PLACES OF SEPULTURE OF THE
16. 16.CHAPTER 11. — AGE OF HUMAN FOSSILS OF LE PUY IN CENTRAL FRANCE AND OF
17. 17.CHAPTER 12. — ANTIQUITY OF MAN RELATIVELY TO THE GLACIAL PERIOD AND TO
18. 18.CHAPTER 13. — CHRONOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD AND THE
19. 19.CHAPTER 14. — CHRONOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD AND THE
20. 20.CHAPTER 15. — EXTINCT GLACIERS OF THE ALPS AND THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL
21. 21.CHAPTER 16. — HUMAN REMAINS IN THE LOESS, AND THEIR PROBABLE AGE.
22. 22.CHAPTER 17. — POST-GLACIAL DISLOCATIONS AND FOLDINGS OF CRETACEOUS AND
23. 23.CHAPTER 18. — THE GLACIAL PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA.
24. 24.CHAPTER 19. — RECAPITULATION OF GEOLOGICAL PROOFS OF MAN'S ANTIQUITY.
25. 25.CHAPTER 20. — THEORIES OF PROGRESSION AND TRANSMUTATION.
26. 26.CHAPTER 21. — ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY VARIATION AND NATURAL
27. 27.CHAPTER 22. — OBJECTIONS TO THE HYPOTHESIS OF TRANSMUTATION CONSIDERED.
28. 28.CHAPTER 23. — ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGES AND SPECIES COMPARED
29. 29.CHAPTER 24. — BEARING OF THE DOCTRINE OF TRANSMUTATION ON THE ORIGIN OF
30. 30.NOTES.

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