{"product_id":"the-geological-evidences-of-the-antiquity-of-man-with-remarks-on-theories-of-the-origin-of-species-by-variation-paperback-9781108003971","title":"The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man; With Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108003971","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis work of 1863 synthesises the then existing evidence for the earliest humans.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Lyell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108003971, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e544 pages, 18 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.1 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir Charles Lyell (1797–1875) is remembered today as much for his profound influence on the young Charles Darwin as for his own work as a geologist: Darwin read the three volumes of his Principles of Geology (1830–3) as they came out, and was greatly interested in Lyell's theory of the huge effects over geological time of an accumulation of tiny, almost unobservable changes. The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man was published in 1863, and went into three editions in that year alone. The work synthesises the then existing evidence for the earliest humans in Europe and North America and – as indicated by its subtitle, With Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation – discusses Darwin's theory and 'the bearing of this hypothesis on the different races of mankind and their connection with other parts of the animal kingdom.'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Recent period\u003cbr\u003e 3. Fossil human remains and works of art of the recent period\u003cbr\u003e 4. Post-pliocene period\u003cbr\u003e 5. Post-pliocene period\u003cbr\u003e 6. Post-pliocene alluvium and cave deposits with flint implements\u003cbr\u003e 7. Peat and post-pliocene alluvium of the valley of the Somme\u003cbr\u003e 8. Post-pliocene alluvium with flint implements of the valley of the Somme (concluded)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Works of art in Post-pliocene alluvium of France and England\u003cbr\u003e 10. Cavern deposits and place of sepulture of the post-pliocene period\u003cbr\u003e 11. Age of human fossils of Le Puy in central France and of Natchez on the Mississippi, discussed\u003cbr\u003e 12. Antiquity of man relatively to the glacial period and to the existing flora and fauna\u003cbr\u003e 13. Chronological relations of the glacial period and the earliest signs of man's appearance in Europe\u003cbr\u003e 14. Chronological relations of the glacial period and the earliest signs of man's appearance in Europe (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 15. Extinct glaciers of the Alps and their chronological relation to the human period\u003cbr\u003e 16. Human remains in the loess, and their probable age\u003cbr\u003e 17. Post-glacial dislocations and foldings of the cretaceous and drift strata in the island of Moen, in Denmark\u003cbr\u003e 18. The glacial period in North America\u003cbr\u003e 19. Recapitulation of geological proofs of man's antiquity\u003cbr\u003e 20. Theories of progression and transmutation\u003cbr\u003e 21. On the origin of species by variation and natural selection\u003cbr\u003e 22. Objections to the hypothesis of transmutation considered\u003cbr\u003e 23. Origin and development of languages and species compared\u003cbr\u003e 24. Bearing of the doctrine of transmutation on the origin of man, and his place in the creation\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Evolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Evolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Evolution%20%5BPSAJ%5D%22\"\u003ePSAJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978379583768,"sku":"9781108003971","price":40.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108003971i.jpg?v=1694867200","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-geological-evidences-of-the-antiquity-of-man-with-remarks-on-theories-of-the-origin-of-species-by-variation-paperback-9781108003971","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}