. The chain of life in geological time [microform] : a sketch of the origin and succession of animals and plants. Paleontology; Paleobotany; Paléontologie; Paléobotanique. THE ADVENT OF MAN. 245 that it exterminated so many animals of both continents which had survived the Glacial age. Similar testimony is borne by the occurrence of the implements and remains of Palaeocosmic men in gravels and in diluvial clays in caverns, and by the changes of level and deep erosions of valleys that are referable to the close of the Palaeocosmic age. The most probable agencies in this revolution were subsiden
. The chain of life in geological time [microform] : a sketch of the origin and succession of animals and plants. Paleontology; Paleobotany; Paléontologie; Paléobotanique. THE ADVENT OF MAN. 245 that it exterminated so many animals of both continents which had survived the Glacial age. Similar testimony is borne by the occurrence of the implements and remains of Palaeocosmic men in gravels and in diluvial clays in caverns, and by the changes of level and deep erosions of valleys that are referable to the close of the Palaeocosmic age. The most probable agencies in this revolution were subsidences of the land, ac- companied with climatal changes; but the precise nature and extent of these is still unknown; and the prevalent tendency on the part of geologists to stretch the doctrine of uniformity,. Fig. iqo.—Flint Implements found in Kent's Cavern, Torquay, under four feet of cave mud and one foot of stalagmite.—After Pengelly. so valuable within proper limits, to the absurd extreme of excluding all changes not exemplified even in amount in the modern period, will probably for some time prevent any adequate conception of them. It would be premature to correlate what is yet knOwn of the Palaeocosmic age with historical periods; but the tendency of the facts accumulated is, I think, toward the identification of the Palseocosmic men with the Antediluvians; and their Neo- cosmic successors, whether of the reindeer age, of the Danish. 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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