Cave Hunting Researches on the evidence of caves respecting the early inhabitants of Europe

CHAPTER XI.

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THE EUROPEAN CLIMATE IN THE PLEISTOCENE AGE.

Evidence of the Mammalia as to Climate 392

Southern Group of Animals 393-395

Northern Group 395-397

Probable cause of Association of Northern and Southern Groups 397, 398

The Temperate Group 399

Species common to Cold and Tropical Climates 400

Extinct Species 400

Two Periods of Glaciation in Britain 401-403

Three Climatal Changes on the Continent 403

Europe invaded by Pleistocene Animals before the Glacial Period 404-406

Mammalia lived in Europe during the second Glacial Period 406

The Glacial Period does not separate one Life-era from another 407

Bone-caves inhabited before and after the Glacial Period 408

Relation of Palæolithic Man to Glacial Period 409

Age of Contents of Caves in Glacial Districts 410