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MAN 



CULTURAL STAGES OF THE OLD STONE AGE 



The Upper and Lower Paleolitliie periods are further subdi\ided aecord- 

 ing as the evohition of manual dexterity makes itseli apparent m the imple- 



l-rom QufiTl. J. Gcolog. 5c, Ixix, Plate xvii 



FIG. 325. "eoliths" from PILTDOWN, SUSSEX, SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT 

 THE EARLIEST STONE IMPLEMENTS, SO CRUDE IN APPEARANCE AS TO BE 

 FREQUENTLY TERMED "ACCIDENTAL FORMS." 



ments employed by man. His instrununtal e(|uipnuMit was at first extremely 

 simple and erude. Biit in tinu' there eame an inereasing eomplexity and mueh 

 refinement in all of iiis tools. These Implements elearly indicate a 

 slow but progressive growth in the application of extracorporeal agents which 

 at length made him master of the inanimate' and li\ing world. 



