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of the Bible--Nature of the
evidence of man's antiquity--The steps leading up to this
belief--Geology-- Astronomy--Unfolding of life--Nature of our inquiry.
Chapter II.
EARLY GEOLOGICAL PERIODS.
Necessity of a general acquaintance with the outlines of Geology--A
time in which no life was possible on the globe-- Length of this
period--History of life commences at the close of this period--On the
formation of rocks--The record imperfect-- The three great periods in
animal life on the globe--Paleozoic Age--Animal and vegetable life of
this period--Ideal scenes in this period--The Mesozoic Age--Animal
and vegetable life of this period--Advance noted--Abundance of
reptilian life--First appearance of birds--Nature's methods of work--the
Cenozoic Age Geological outline--Sketch of the Eocene Age--Of the
Miocene Age--What is sufficient proof of the presence of man--
Discussion on the Thenay flints--The Pliocene Age--Animal and
vegetable life of this age--Was man present during this age?--
Discussion of this subject--Summing up of the evidence-- Conclusion.
Chapter III.
MEN OF THE RIVER DRIFT.
Beginning of the Glacial Age--Interglacial Age--Man living in Europe
during this age--Map of Europe--Proof of former elevation of land--The
animals living in Europe during this age --Conclusions drawn from
these different animals--The vegetation of this period--Different
climatic conditions of Europe during the Glacial Age--Proofs of the

Glacial Age--Extent of Glacial Ice--Evidence of warm Interglacial
Age--The primitive state of man--Early English civilization--Views of
Horace--Primitive man destitute of metals--Order in which different
materials were used by man for weapons--Evidence from the River
Somme--History of Boucher De Perthes's investigations. Discussion of
the subject--Antiquity of these remains--Improvement during the
Paleolithic Age--Description of the flint implements--Other countries
where these implements are found--What race of men were these
tribes--The Canstadt race--Mr. Dawkins's views--When did they first
appear in Europe? The authorities on this question--Conclusion.
Chapter IV.
CAVE-MEN.
Other sources of information--History of cave explorations--The
formation of caves--Exploration in Kent's Cavern--Evidence of two
different races--The higher culture of the later race-- Evidence of
prolonged time--Exploration of Robin Hood Cave--Explorations in
Valley of the River Meuse--M. Dupont's conclusions--Explorations in
the Valley of the Dordogne--The station at Schussenreid--Cave-men
not found south of the Alps-- Habitations of the Cave-men--Cave-men
were hunters--methods of cooking--Destitute of the potter's art--Their
weapons--Clothing --Their skill in drawing--Evidence of a
government--Of a religious belief--Race of the Cave-men--Distinet
from the Men of the Drift--Probable connection with the Eskimos.
Chapter V.
ANTIQUITY OF THE PALEOLITHIC AGE.
Interest in the Antiquity of man--Connected with the Glacial Age--The
subject difficult--Proofs of a Glacial Age--State of Greenland
to-day--The Terminal Moraine--Appearance of the North
Atlantic--Interglacial Age--Causes of the Glacial Age--Croll's
Theory--Geographical causes--The two theories not antagonistic-- The
date of the Glacial Age--Probable length of the Paleolithic Age--Time

Since the close of the Glacial Age--Summary of results.
Chapter VI.
THE NEOLITHIC AGE IN EUROPE.
Close of the first cycle--Neolithic culture connected with the
present--No links between the two ages--Long lapse of time between
the two ages--Swiss lake villages--This form of villages widely
scattered--Irish cranogs--Fortified villages--Implements and weapons
of Neolithic times--Possessed of pottery--Neolithic
agriculture--Possessed of domestic animals--Danish shell-heaps--
Importance of flint--The art of navigation--Neolithic clothing-- Their
mode of burial--The question of race--Possible remnants-- Connection
with the Turanian race--Arrival of the Celts.
Chapter VII.
THE BRONZE AGE IN EUROPE.
Races of Men, like Individuals--Gradual change of Neolithic Age to
that of Bronze--The Aryan family--First Aryans Neolithic-- Origin of
Bronze--How Great discoveries are made--Gold the first metal--Copper
abundant--No Copper Age--The discovery of Tin-- Explanation of an
Alloy--Bronze, wherever found, the same composition--What is meant
by the Bronze Age--Knowledge in other directions--Gradual Growth of
Culture--Three Centers of Bronze production--Habitations during the
Bronze Age--The Bronze Ax-- Implements of Bronze--Personal
ornaments--Ornaments not always made of Bronze--Advance in Arts of
living--Advance in Agriculture--Warlike Weapons--How they worked
Bronze--Advance in Government--Trade in the Bronze Age--Religion
of the Bronze Age --Symbolical figures--Temples of the Bronze
Age--Stonehenge.
Chapter VIII.
THE IRON AGE IN EUROPE. Bronze not the best metal--Difficulties

attending the discovery of Iron--Probable steps in this
discovery--Where this discovery was first made--Known in Ancient
Egypt--How this knowledge would spread--Iron would not drive out
Bronze--The primitive Iron- worker--The advance in
government--Pottery and ornaments of the Iron Age--Weapons of early
Iron Age--The battle-field of Tilfenau--Trade of early Iron
Age--Invention of Money--Invention of Alphabetic Writing--Invasion
of the Germanic Tribes--The cause of the Dark Ages--Connection of
these three ages-- Necessity of believing in an Extended Past--Attempts
to determine the same--Tiniere Delta--Lake Bienne--British
Fen-lands--Maximum and Minimum Data--Mr. Geikie's conclusions--
The Isolation of the paleolithic Age.
Chapter IX.
EARLY MAN IN AMERICA.
Conflicting accounts of the American Aborigines--Recent
discoveries--Climate of California in Tertiary Times--Geological
changes near its close--Description of Table Mountain--Results of the
discoveries there--The Calaveras skull--Other relics-- Discussion of the
question--Early Californians Neolithic-- Explanation of this--Date of
the Pliocene Age--Other discoveries bearing on the Antiquity of
man--Dr. Koch's discovery-- Discoveries in the Loess of Nebraska--In
Greene County, Ill.-- In Georgia--Difficulties in detecting a Paleolithic
Age in this country--Dr. Abbott's discoveries--Paleolithic Implements
of the Delaware--Age