The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of ManJ. Murray, 1863 - 528페이지 |
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... thick , consists of swamp - peat composed chiefly of moss or sphagnum , above which lies another growth of peat , not made up exclusively of aquatic or swamp plants . Around the borders of the bogs , and at various depths in them , lie ...
... thick , consists of swamp - peat composed chiefly of moss or sphagnum , above which lies another growth of peat , not made up exclusively of aquatic or swamp plants . Around the borders of the bogs , and at various depths in them , lie ...
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... thickness of the bones and the com- parative smallness of the ridges , which afford attachment to the muscles , are relied on ; also the smaller dimensions of the tusks in the boar , and of the whole jaw and skull ; and , in like manner ...
... thickness of the bones and the com- parative smallness of the ridges , which afford attachment to the muscles , are relied on ; also the smaller dimensions of the tusks in the boar , and of the whole jaw and skull ; and , in like manner ...
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... thick , and lay at a depth of ten feet . In it were found fragments of unvarnished pottery and a pair of tweezers in bronze , indicating the bronze epoch . The third layer , fol- lowed for 35,000 square feet , was six or seven inches thick ...
... thick , and lay at a depth of ten feet . In it were found fragments of unvarnished pottery and a pair of tweezers in bronze , indicating the bronze epoch . The third layer , fol- lowed for 35,000 square feet , was six or seven inches thick ...
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... thick , in the centre of which was a small pit three quarters of an inch deep , which had been chiselled out . This is presumed to have been used for holding nuts to be cracked by means of one of the round shingle stones , also found ...
... thick , in the centre of which was a small pit three quarters of an inch deep , which had been chiselled out . This is presumed to have been used for holding nuts to be cracked by means of one of the round shingle stones , also found ...
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... thick . None of these Irish lake - dwellings were built , like those of Helvetia , on platforms supported by piles deeply driven into the mud . The Crannoge system of Ireland seems , ' says Mr. Wylie , waters . ' well nigh without a ...
... thick . None of these Irish lake - dwellings were built , like those of Helvetia , on platforms supported by piles deeply driven into the mud . The Crannoge system of Ireland seems , ' says Mr. Wylie , waters . ' well nigh without a ...
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Abbeville Acheul alluded alluvial alluvium Alpine Alps Amiens ancient animals antiquity Aurignac basin beds boulder clay British bronze cave caverns century chalk CHAP cliffs climate containing Crag Danish Darwin deposits depth elephant Elephas antiquus elevation erratic blocks Europe existence EXTINCT GLACIERS extinct mammalia fauna feet thick flint implements flint tools floating ice flora fluviatile formation formed fossil fragments freshwater genera geographical geological geologists glacial period glaciers Glen Roy gravel Greenland height hippopotamus human bones hyæna islands Jura lake LAKE-DWELLINGS land Liége living species loam loess lower mammalia mammoth marine shells mastodon miles Miocene Möen moraines mountains Mundesley Natchez Neanderthal observed occur origin peat physical geography plants pliocene post-pliocene period present Professor quadrupeds race recent region remains Rhine rhinoceros river rocks sand Scotland skeleton skull Somme stone period strata stratified submergence supposed surface Switzerland tertiary theory valley
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417 페이지 - I have stated in the first chapter, that at whatever age a variation first appears in the parent, it tends to re-appear at a corresponding age in the offspring. Certain variations can only appear at corresponding . ages ; for instance, peculiarities in the caterpillar, cocoon, or imago states of the silk-moth : or, again, in the full-grown horns of 'cattle.
189 페이지 - Here bring the last gifts ! — and with these The last lament be said ; Let all that pleased, and yet may please, Be buried with the dead. ' Beneath his head the hatchet hide, That he so stoutly swung ; And place the bear's fat haunch beside — The journey hence is long...
507 페이지 - ... may have cleared at one bound the space which separated the highest stage of the unprogressive intelligence of the inferior animals from the first and lowest form of improvable reason manifested by Man...
470 페이지 - Man is man only by means of speech ; but, in order to invent speech, he must be already man.
9 페이지 - Scotch fir was afterwards supplanted by the sessile variety of the common oak, of which many prostrate trunks occur in the peat at higher levels than the pines ; and still higher the pedunculated variety of the same oak (Quwcus Robur L.) occurs with the alder, birch (Betula verrucosa Ehrh.), and hazel.
2 페이지 - Falconer, of the Brixham Cave, must, I think, have prepared you to admit that scepticism in regard to the cave-evidence in favour of the antiquity of man had previously been pushed to an extreme.
412 페이지 - ... community of descent is the hidden bond which naturalists have been unconsciously seeking, and not some unknown plan of creation, or the enunciation of general propositions, and the mere putting together and separating objects more or less alike.
68 페이지 - Engis cave,12 where the best-preserved human skulls were found; and, after thus gaining access to the first subterranean gallery, to creep on all fours through a contracted passage leading to larger chambers, there to superintend by torchlight...
496 페이지 - This argues strongly in favour of the existence in every animal of an immaterial principle similar to that which by its excellence and superior endowments places man so much above animals...
499 페이지 - Most of the arguments of philosophy in favour of the immortality of man apply equally to the permanency of this principle in other living beings.