Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man, 1863

Name: Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man, 1863
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

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. > Charles 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. > VOLUME: VIII: I. INTRODUCTION. II. RECENT PERIOD\u2014DANISH PEAT AND SHELL MOUNDS\u2014SWISS LAKE DWELLINGS. III. FOSSIL HUMAN REMAINS AND WORKS OF ART OF THE RECENT PERIOD. IV. POST-PLIOCENE PERIOD BONES OF MAN AND EXTINCT MAMMALIA IN BELGIAN CAVERNS. V. POST-PLIOCENE PERIOD FOSSIL HUMAN SKULLS OF THE NEANDERTHAL AND ENGIS CAVES. VI. POST-PLIOCENE ALLUVIUM AND CAVE DEPOSITS WITH FLINT IMPLEMENTS. VII. PEAT AND POST-PLIOCENE ALLUVIUM OF THE VALLEY OF THE SOMME. VIII. POST-PLIOCENE ALLUVIU.