2 Schwartz & Beevor, Dazvn of Hnvimi Intention. 



they could perform operations of a general character. 

 From pre-paUneolithic time and throughout the lithic 

 periods we find these original types persisting, supple- 

 mented later from time to time by specialised implements, 

 such as arms, in accordance with the advancing needs of 

 the communities. 



(4) From anatomical and mechanical considerations, 

 the fundamental processes in which primitive man would 

 need the aid of tools may be summarised as follows : — 



(i) Striking. 



(2) Cutting. 



(3) Scraping. 



(4) Piercing. 



(5) The production of fire. 



(5) It is submitted that these operations were per- 

 formed by the types of tools developed by pre-palaeolithic 

 man, and that these tools have persisted practically 

 unaltered in character right through the age of stone, and 

 that they have only ceased to be employed for the 

 original purposes with the extinction of the Tasmanians 

 in 1870. 



(6) This view is due to Monsieur A. Rutot, of the 

 Royal Museum of Natural History, Brussels, who, by his 

 researches, has done so much to extend and explain the 

 discoveries of Benjamin Harrison, and who has given to 

 Eoliths their true place and significance in the history of 

 mankind. 



(7) In order to conform to this view the term " Eolithic," 

 which, in the first instance, was applied to tools found in 

 the chalk plateau in Kent and elsewhere, must now be 

 extended so as to include not only the later industries 

 with the same characteristics, but also the more ancient 

 industries found in France and Belgium. It will perhaps 

 then be convenient to consider the term " Eolithic " as a 



