. The Bible and science. Fig. 154.—Skull of old man of Cromagnon : vertical view. After the melting of the great glaciers, ScotlandEngland, and Ireland were probably all united to thecontinent of Europe, but then another partial sub-mergence took place, by which the shallow Northern Seawas formed, separating them from the continent, and FIEST APPEARANCE OF MAN IN BRITAIN. 29i then anotlier, by wliicli Ireland was divided fromEngland. It was probably before the ice began to coverEurope so extensively that man first appeared inBritain. How long a period elapsed between the time. Fig. 155.—Skull
. The Bible and science. Fig. 154.—Skull of old man of Cromagnon : vertical view. After the melting of the great glaciers, ScotlandEngland, and Ireland were probably all united to thecontinent of Europe, but then another partial sub-mergence took place, by which the shallow Northern Seawas formed, separating them from the continent, and FIEST APPEARANCE OF MAN IN BRITAIN. 29i then anotlier, by wliicli Ireland was divided fromEngland. It was probably before the ice began to coverEurope so extensively that man first appeared inBritain. How long a period elapsed between the time. Fig. 155.—Skull of old man of Cromagnon; prolile. of his first creation in the east and his migration intothese northern latitudes we cannot say, but the firstinhabitants of Britain appear to have been a savagerace, using implements of chipped flint of the rudestpossible shape. Very few, if any, bones of these men 296 UNION OF BlUTAIN WITH THE CONTINENT. have been found, but tlieir flint axes, cliij^ped in suclia manner as could only be done by the hand of man,have been found along with the bones of the cavehysena, cave lion, woolly rhinoceros, and mammoth, insuch a wav as to leave no doubt whatever that men .Mrfffi!i™^>--,.
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