Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . ch has been coveredmore or less perfectly by those annalsand monuments which men have in-vented as the means of expressing andpreserving the story of themselves. TIME OF THE BEGINNING.—SOURCES OF INFORMATION. 45 The science considers the ordoof facts in thehistory of life. In its methods and principles, thescience of archaeology confines itselfstrictly to the works of are considered withrespect to their
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . ch has been coveredmore or less perfectly by those annalsand monuments which men have in-vented as the means of expressing andpreserving the story of themselves. TIME OF THE BEGINNING.—SOURCES OF INFORMATION. 45 The science considers the ordoof facts in thehistory of life. In its methods and principles, thescience of archaeology confines itselfstrictly to the works of are considered withrespect to their geologi-cal surroundings. The scheme ofgeology being understood, the relics ofthe human race are estimated by theirjuxtaposition and character. The floraand fauna of past ages, the order of have been exercised. It thus happensthat archaeology furnishes to the inquirermuch valuable and almost direct evi-dence as to the time when mankind, asa race, began upon the earth. 4. Palceontology.—Closely related witharchaeology is the next branch of inquiry,palaeontology, which treats of the struc-ture, affinities, classification, and distri-bution of the prehistoric plants and ani-.
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