. Castorologia, or The history and traditions of the Canadian beaver. Beavers. 24 CASTOROLOGIA. tions made by antiquarians between stone, bronze and iron ages, and under the former between palaeolithic and neolithic, are merely of local significance and connected with no physical or vital changes of geological importance. The real geological distinction is that of Palaeocosmic, Post-glacial or Antediluvian man on the one hand and Neocosmic, Recent or Post-diluvian on the other. The Palaeo- cosmic men have been divided in two races, the Canstadt or Nean- derthal type and the Engis or Cromagnon
. Castorologia, or The history and traditions of the Canadian beaver. Beavers. 24 CASTOROLOGIA. tions made by antiquarians between stone, bronze and iron ages, and under the former between palaeolithic and neolithic, are merely of local significance and connected with no physical or vital changes of geological importance. The real geological distinction is that of Palaeocosmic, Post-glacial or Antediluvian man on the one hand and Neocosmic, Recent or Post-diluvian on the other. The Palaeo- cosmic men have been divided in two races, the Canstadt or Nean- derthal type and the Engis or Cromagnon type. Both of these were contemporaneous with the mammoth, the Tichorhine Rhinoceros and other Post-glacial animals now extinct. It is probable that they may be ultimately identified with the ruder tribes of the historical antediluvian period, and that the changes by which they and some other animals seem to have been destroyed, were the same with those recorded in the ancient history and traditions of all the older races of ; AVhile yet there are man}^ fascinating problems which geology might solve, we must pass on to consider the changes in recent fauna brought about by the advance of civilization, and for the pre- sent we very reluctantly leave the facts and the fables concerning the Great LOWER JAW OF TROCONTHERIUM CUVIKRI- (half natural size) after OU' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Martin, Horace T. Montreal, W. Drysdale
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