. The chain of life in geological time [microform] : a sketch of the origin and succession of animals and plants. Paleontology; Paleobotany; Paléontologie; Paléobotanique. 244 THE CHAIN OF LIFE. elsewhere named Palseocosmic men, as a term less objection- able than those founded on implements not confined to any age, or animals which may have long antedated man. They were succeeded in Western Europe by a smaller and less elevated race, identical apparently with the modem Lapps and Basques, and in whose time the mammoth and many large. Fig. 189.—Outlines of Ihree Prehistoric European Skulls comp
. The chain of life in geological time [microform] : a sketch of the origin and succession of animals and plants. Paleontology; Paleobotany; Paléontologie; Paléobotanique. 244 THE CHAIN OF LIFE. elsewhere named Palseocosmic men, as a term less objection- able than those founded on implements not confined to any age, or animals which may have long antedated man. They were succeeded in Western Europe by a smaller and less elevated race, identical apparently with the modem Lapps and Basques, and in whose time the mammoth and many large. Fig. 189.—Outlines of Ihree Prehistoric European Skulls compared with an American Skull from Hochelaga. Outer outline. Cro-Magnon Skull. Second outline, Engis Skull. Third outline (dotted), Neanderthal Skull. Inner figure, Hochelagan Skull on a smaller scale. animals had disappeared, Europe had become clad with dense forests, and the reindeer had extended his range far to the south, while the land of our continents had become narrowed to its present limits, or even less. The cause of these changes must have been physical, and to some extent cataclysmal; and its wide-spread and effectual character is shown by the fact. 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 Dawson, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1820-1899. London : Religious Tract Society
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