The Story of the Earth and Man

Chapter XV.--Primitive Man (_continued_).

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Geological Conditions of Man's Introduction.--His Modern Date.--His Isolated Position.--His Higher Powers.--Pictures of Primitive Man according to Evolution and Creation.--General Conclusion 350

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Ideal Sections Illustrating the Genesis or the Earth 8

America In The Laurentian Period 18

Eozoon Canadense 24

Life in the Primordial Age 40

Organic Limestone of the Silurian 63

Life in the Silurian 66

Life in the Devonian 88

Vegetation of the Devonian 103

Carboniferous Plants 126

Oldest Land Snails 139

Carboniferous Reptiles 146

Foldings of the Crust in the Permian Period 162

Curves of Elevation and Depression 179

Culmination of Types of Palæozoic Animals 183

Land Animals of the Mesozoic 194

Aquatic Animals of the Mesozoic 219

Foraminiferal Rock-builders 243

Miocene Mammals 253

Britain in the Post-pliocene 301

THE STORY OF THE EARTH AND MAN.