Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man, 1863Charles Lyell's argument in this classic volume is that the processes of nature are slow and uniform, and that the Earth is in consequence hundreds of millions of years old. This work includes his prediction that if our nearest relatives are great apes, then the places to look for human fossils will be central Africa and Indonesia. |
Contents
CHAPTER II RECENT PERIODDANISH PEAT AND SHELL MOUNDSSWISS LAKE DWELLINGS | 8 |
CHAPTER III FOSSIL HUMAN REMAINS AND WORKS OF ART OF THE RECENT PERIOD | 33 |
CHAPTER IV POSTPLIOCENE PERIOD BONES OF MAN AND EXTINCT MAMMALIA IN BELGIAN CAVERNS | 59 |
CHAPTER V POSTPLIOCENE PERIOD FOSSIL HUMAN SKULLS OF THE NEANDERTHAL AND ENGIS CAVES | 75 |
CHAPTER VI POSTPLIOCENE ALLUVIUM AND CAVE DEPOSITS WITH FLINT IMPLEMENTS | 93 |
CHAPTER VII PEAT AND POSTPLIOCENE ALLUVIUM OF THE VALLEY OF THE SOMME | 106 |
CHAPTER VIII POSTPLIOCENE ALLUVIUM WITH FLINT IMPLEMENTS OF THE VALLEY OF THE SOMME | 121 |
CHAPTER IX WORKS OF ART IN POSTPLIOCENE ALLUVIUM OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND | 150 |
CHAPTER XV EXTINCT GLACIERS OF THE ALPS AND THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL RELATION TO THE HUMAN PERIOD | 290 |
CHAPTER XVI HUMAN REMAINS IN THE LOESS AND THEIR PROBABLE AGE | 324 |
CHAPTER XVII POSTGLACIAL DISLOCATIONS AND FOLDINGS OF CRETACEOUS AND DRIFT STRATA IN THE ISLAND OF MÖEN IN D... | 341 |
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CHAPTER XIX RECAPITULATION OF GEOLOGICAL PROOFS OF MANS ANTIQUITY | 369 |
CHAPTER XX THEORIES OF PROGRESSION AND TRANSMUTATION | 385 |
CHAPTER XXI ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY VARIATION AND NATURAL SELECTION | 407 |
CHAPTER XXII OBJECTIONS TO THE HYPOTHESIS OF TRANSMUTATION CONSIDERED | 424 |
CHAPTER X CAVERN DEPOSITS AND PLACE OF SEPULTURE OF THE POSTPLIOCENE PERIOD | 170 |
CHAPTER XI AGE OF HUMAN FOSSILS OF LE PUT IN CENTRAL FRANCE AND OF NATCHEZ ON THE MISSISSIPPI DISCUSSED | 194 |
CHAPTER XII ANTIQUITY OF MAN RELATIVELY TO THE GLACIAL PERIOD AND TO THE EXISTING FAUNA AND FLORA | 206 |
CHAPTER XIII CHRONOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD AND THE EARLIEST SIGNS OF MANS APPEARANCE IN EURO... | 229 |
CHAPTER XIV CHRONOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD AND THE EARLIEST SIGNS OF MANS APPEARANCE IN EURO... | 265 |
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