The Story of the Earth and Man
Chapter XV.--Primitive Man (_continued_).
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.