INDEX 



Malvern Hills — where fossils 



are to be fotind, 295 

 ^Mammals : 



Ancestry — size an descrip- 

 tion of original " type," 

 114 



Brains of ancient big mam- 

 mals much smaller 

 than those of recent 

 big animals, 148-151 



Classification of — tabvUar 

 list of chief orders, 

 57 



Ear, spiral construction of 

 internal ear, 74-76 



Oldest remains — fossil jaw 

 found at Stonesfield, 

 one of most ancient 

 evidences of existence, 

 82, 84, 186, 188 



Skulls provided with pair 

 of condyles, 73 



Teeth refer to title. Teeth 



Mammoth : 



Appearance in life, imagi- 

 nary picture of, 96 

 Description of, 91 

 Drawings by prehistoric 



men, 90, 91 

 Hairy skin, 94 

 Remains of, found all over 



the Holarctic region, 



91, 92, 93 

 Skeleton of mammotli 



fovmd frozen in Siberia, 



93 

 Teeth — transverse ridges 



110, 111 



Man : 



Prehistoric man see that 

 title 



Man — contd. 

 Skull, size of : 



Giant Australian Dipro- 

 todon, size of sk^^ll 

 compared with that of 

 human skull, 185 

 Modern man compared 

 with that of a monkej?' 

 and of a primitive man, 

 88-90 



Man and horse — skeletons 

 compared, correspond- 

 ence in details of struc- 

 ture, 70 



Mantell, Dr. Gideon, 200 



Maps : 



Eviroj^e — elevation of the 

 sea-bottom, effect on 

 distribution of land 

 and water, 40, 41, 42 

 Zoo-geographical map, 63- 

 66 



Marine creatures refer to 

 titles. Reptiles, Fishes, 

 Shells, also names of 

 creatures 



Marsh, Prof., 147, 206 



Marsupials : 



Australia distinguished by, 



64 

 Giant Australian marsupial, 

 Diprotodon, 1 84 — skull 

 and skeleton, 185, 186 

 Jawbones embedded and 

 preserved in ancient 

 rocks — specimen dis- 

 covered in Stonesfield 

 slate near Oxford, 186- 

 188 



Mastodon-like creature found 

 in tlie Miocene — Dino- 

 therium, 117, 118 



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