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The Antiquity of ManSir Charles Lyell

The Antiquity of Man

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Original author: Sir Charles Lyell

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"The Antiquity of Man" by Sir Charles Lyell is a book published in 1863. This groundbreaking work tackled three controversial scientific issues: the age of the human race, the existence of ice ages, and Darwin's theory of evolution. Lyell used the book to reverse his own long-held positions on all three topics. Despite facing criticism from colleagues who accused him of inadequately crediting their work, the book sold well and helped establish prehistoric archaeology as a legitimate science in Britain.

The Antiquity of Man, by Sir Charles Lyell. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #6335.

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27 Chapters

  1. 1.Introduction5,410 words
  2. 2.Chapter 1: Introductory1,574 words
  3. 3.Chapter 2: Recent Period--Danish Peat and Shell Mounds--Swiss7,952 words
  4. 4.Chapter 3: Fossil Human Remains and Works of Art of the Recent8,428 words
  5. 5.Chapter 4: Pleistocene Period--Bones of Man and Extinct Mammalia in1,955 words
  6. 6.Chapter 5: (Figure 2), where further observations will be offered on2,981 words
  7. 7.Chapter 5: Pleistocene Period--Fossil Human Skulls of the Neanderthal5,422 words
  8. 8.Chapter 6: Pleistocene Alluvium and Cave Deposits with Flint4,008 words
  9. 9.Chapter 7: Peat and Pleistocene Alluvium of the Valley of the Somme4,040 words
  10. 10.Chapter 8: Pleistocene Alluvium with Flint Implements of the Valley8,749 words
  11. 11.Chapter 9: Works of Art in Pleistocene Alluvium of France and6,273 words
  12. 12.Chapter 10: Cavern Deposits, and Places of Sepulture of the7,280 words
  13. 13.Chapter 11: Age of Human Fossils of Le Puy in Central France and of3,828 words
  14. 14.Chapter 12: Antiquity of Man Relatively to the Glacial Period and to6,605 words
  1. 15.Chapter 13: Chronological Relations of the Glacial Period and the11,428 words
  2. 16.Chapter 14: Chronological Relations of the Glacial Period and the6,892 words
  3. 17.Chapter 15: Extinct Glaciers of the Alps and Their Chronological10,605 words
  4. 18.Chapter 16: Human Remains in the Loess, and Their Probable Age5,472 words
  5. 19.Chapter 17: Post-Glacial Dislocations and Foldings of Cretaceous and2,884 words
  6. 20.Chapter 18: The Glacial Period in North America5,591 words
  7. 21.Chapter 19: Recapitulation of Geological Proofs of Man's Antiquity3,746 words
  8. 22.Chapter 20: Theories of Progression and Transmutation7,012 words
  9. 23.Chapter 21: On the Origin of Species by Variation and Natural5,245 words
  10. 24.Chapter 22: Objections to the Hypothesis of Transmutation Considered9,060 words
  11. 25.Chapter 23: Origin and Development of Languages and Species Compared5,429 words
  12. 26.Chapter 24: Bearing of the Doctrine of Transmutation on the Origin of (1)8,591 words
  13. 27.Chapter 24: Bearing of the Doctrine of Transmutation on the Origin of (2)7,052 words