Chapter XV: The Science of Fossil Life, 320

Extinct forms of life, 320. Strange views regarding fossils, 320.
Freaks of nature, 321. Mystical explanations, 321. Large bones
supposed to be those of giants, 322. Determination of the nature
of fossils by Steno, 322. Fossil deposits ascribed to the Flood, 323.
Mosaic deluge regarded as of universal extent, 324. The comparison
of fossil and living animals of great importance, 325.
Cuvier the founder of vertebrate palæontology, 325. Lamarck
founds invertebrate palæontology, 326. Lamarck's conception of
the meaning of fossils more scientific than Cuvier's, 327. The
arrangement of fossils in strata, 328. William Smith, 328. Summary
of the growth of the science of fossil life, 329. Fossil remains
as an index to the past history of the earth, 330. Epoch-making
work of Charles Lyell, 330. Effect of the doctrine of
organic evolution on palæontology, 332. Richard Owen's
studies on fossil animals, 332. Agassiz and the parallelism between
fossil forms of life and stages in the development of
animals, 334. Huxley's geological work, 335. Leidy, 337. Cope,
337. Marsh, 338. Carl Zittel's writings and influence, 338.
Henry F. Osborn, 339. Method of collecting fossils, 340. Fossil
remains of man, 340. Discoveries in the Fayûm district of
Africa, 341.

PART II

The Doctrine of Organic Evolution