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 TABLE XVI. 



Systematic Survey of the most Important Stages in the Animal 



Ancestral Line of Man. 

 M N = Boundary betweeu the Invertebrate and the Vertebrate Ancestors. 



Epochs of the 



Organic 



Hifto y of the 



Earth. 



Geological Periods 



of the 



Organic History 



of the Earth. 



Animal 



Ancestral Stages' 



of 



Man. 



Nearest 

 Living Helativeif 

 of thf. 

 A ncestral Stages. 



L 



Archilithic 



or 



Primordial 



■Epoch 



1. Laurentian Period 

 ( 2. Cambrian Period 

 3. Silurian Period 



1. Monera 

 (J/bwera) 



2. Oldest Amoebae 



3. Amoeboid Societies 

 (^Si/ntnnoebia) 



4. Ciliated planulaB 



(I'lana^adT) 



5. Primitive Intes- 

 tinal animals 

 {Oastraadrt) 



6. Primitive Worms 

 (^Archelminthes) 



7. Soft-worms 

 (Scolecida) 



8. Chorda animals 

 (_('hordonia) 



SBathybius 

 Prot.imoeba 

 S Simple Amoeba? 

 ) (Automoeba) 



Morula larva* 

 Blast ula larva; 



M- 



Gastrula larva? 



I Gliding \Vorm9 

 \ (7'urbdlaria) 

 ? P.i'i\vppii the glid- 

 ing worms and the 

 Sea-squirts 

 J Sea-squirts (Ascidice] 

 \ (Apjjendiculari'i) 



N 



9. Skull-less animals 



{Acravia) 

 10. Pioniid-moiiths 



( C'yclo- torn i) 



11. Primitive Fishes 



(^Selachii) 



Lancelets 



(Amphioxi) 



Lampreys 



(^Petromyzonta) 



Sharks 



(^Sqitalacei) 



n. 



Palaeolithic 



or 



Primary 



Epoch 



4. Devonian Period 



5. Coal Period 



6. Permian Period 



12. Salamander Fishes 

 (^Dipjieusta) 



13. Gilled Amphibia 

 (^Sozobranchia) 



14. Tailed Amphibia 

 (Sozura) 



m. 



Mesoiithic 



or 



Secondary 



Epoch 



7. Triassic Period 



8. Jurassic Period 



9. Chalk Period 



15. Primitive Am- 



niota 



(Protamnia) 



16. Primitive Mam- 



mals 

 (Promammolia) 



17. Pouched Animals 

 (Marsupialia) 



{ 



Mild fish 



(Protoptera) 



Siren (^Proteus) 



and Axolotl 



{^Siredonj 



Water-newt 



( T riton) 



? Between Tailed 

 Amphibians and 

 Beaked animals 



Beaked animals 

 {Monotrema) 



Pouched Pattf 

 {Didtlphyes) 



TV. 



Caen ol it hie 



or 



Tertiary 



Epoch 



10 Eocene Period 



11. Miocene Period 



12. Pliocene Period 



18. Semi-Apes 

 (Pro.vrmtfe) 

 19. Tailed Narrow- 

 nosed Apes 



20. Men-like Apes or 

 Tail-less Nari(>w- 



nosed Apes. 



21. Specchlcsi: Men or ( 

 Ape-like Men ( 



Lori (Stevops) 



M;iki {lemur) 



Nose Apes 



Holy Apes 



Gorilla, Cliimpau- 



zee, Orang, 



Gibbon 



Cretins or Micro- 



cephaH 



V. j 13. Di 



Quaternary 1 14, ^] 

 Epoch ^ 



Diluvial Period 

 Alluvial Period 



22. Men capable 

 speech 



cj 



Australians ai4l 

 Papuans 



