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 TABLE XVI. 



Systematic Survey of the most Important Stages in the Animal 



Ancestral Line of Man. 



MN = Boundary between the Invertebrate and the Vertebrate Ancestors. 



Epochs of the 

 Organic 



History of the 

 Earth. 



Geological Periods 



of the 



Organic History 



of the Earth. 



Animal 



Ancestral Stages 



of 



Man. 



Nearest 

 Living Relatives 

 of the 

 A ncestral Stages. 



I. 



Archilithic 



or 



Primordial 



Epoch 



1. Laurentian Period 

 v. 2. Cambrian Period 

 3. Silurian Period 



II. 



Palaeolithic 



or 



Primary 



Epoch 



III. 



Mesolithic 



or 



Secondary 



Epoch 



IV. 



Caenolithic 



or 



Tertiary 



Epoch 



1. Monera 

 (Monera) 



2. Oldest Amoebae 



3. Amoeboid Societies 

 (S'/namcebid) 



4. Ciliated planulae 



(Plana'ad'v) 



5. Primitive Intes- 

 tinal animals 

 (Gastneadv) 



6. Primitive Worms 

 (Archelminthes) 



1. Soft- worms 

 (Scolecida) 



8. Chorda animals 

 (Chordoma) 



M  

 9 



Bathybius 



Protamceba 



Simple Amoeba? 



(Automoeba) 



Morula larvae 

 Blastula larvas 



Gastrula larvae 



Gliding Worms 

 \ ( Turbellaria) 

 ? Between the glid- 

 ing worms and the 

 Sea-squirts 

 J Sea-squirts (AscidUe) 

 t (Appendicular i <) 

 N 



Skull-less animals 

 (Acrania) 

 10. Round-mouths 



(Cyclostomi) 



11. Primitive Fishes 



(Selachii) 



Lancelets 



(Amphioxi) 



Lampreys 



(Petromyzonta) 



Sharks 



(Squalacei) 



4. Devonian Period 



5. Coal Period 



6. Permian Period 



12. Salamander Fishes 

 (Dipneusta) 



13. Gilled Amphibia 

 (Sozobranchia) 



14. Tailed Amphibia 

 (Sozura) 



{ 



Mud fish 



(Protoptera) 



Siren (Proteus) 



and Axolotl 



(Siredon) 



Water-newt 



( Triton) 



1. Triassic Period 



8. Jurassic Period 



9. Chalk Period 



15. Primitive Am- 



niota 



(Protamnia) 



16. Primitive Mam- 



mals 

 (Promammalia) 



17. Pouched Animal3 

 (Marsupialia) 



i 



? Between Tailed 

 Amphibians and 

 Beaked animals 



Beaked animals 

 (Monotrcma) 



Pouched Pvats 

 (Didelphyes) 



10. Eocene Period 



11. Miocene Period 



12. Pliocene Period 



18. Semi- A pes 

 (Prosimim) 

 19. Tailed Narrow- 

 nosed Apes 



20. Men-like Apes or 

 Tail-less Narrow- 

 nosed Apes. 



21. Speechless Men or 

 Ape-like Men 



Lori (Stenops) 

 Maki (Lemur) 

 Nose Apes 

 Holy Apes 

 Gorilla, Chimpan- 

 zee, Orang, 

 Gibbon 

 Cretins or Micro- 

 cephali 



Quaternary 

 Epoch 



j 13. Di 



( 14. A] 



Diluvial Period 

 Alluvial Period 



22. Men capable of 

 speech 



Australians and 

 Papuans 



