Chapter VIII: Geology and Palæontology

Proved by Contemporary Monuments--As in History--Summary of
Historical Evidence--Geological Evidence of Human Periods--Neolithic
Period--Palæolithic or Quaternary--Tertiary--Secondary and Older
Periods--The Recent or Post-Glacial Period--Lake-Villages--Bronze
Age--Kitchen-Middens--Scandinavian Peat-mosses--Neolithic Remains
comparatively Modern--Definition of Post-Glacial Period--Its
Duration--Mellard Read's Estimate--Submerged Forests--Changes
in Physical Geography--Huxley--Objections from
America--Niagara--Quaternary Period--Immense Antiquity--Presence of
Man throughout--First Glacial Period--Scandinavian and Laurentian
Ice-caps--Immense Extent--Mass of _Débris_--Elevation and
Depression--In Britain--Inter-Glacial and Second Glacial
Periods--Antiquity measured by Changes of Land--Lyell's
Estimate--Glacial _Débris_ and Loess--Recent
Erosion--Bournemouth--Evans--Prestwich--Wealden Ridge and
Southern Drift--Contain Human Implements--Evidence from New
World--California 260