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VII. THE ORIGIN AND ANTIQUITY OF MAN. 
On the Occurrence of Stone Implements in Lateritic Formations im 
various Parts of the Madras and North Arcot Districts. 
By R. Bruce Foote, of the Geological Survey of India. With 
an Appendix by Wiliam King, jun., B.A., of the Geological 
Survey of India. Madras. 8vo. 1865. 
On the Asserted Occurrence of Human Bones in the Ancient 
Fluviatile Deposits of the Nile and Ganges ; with Compara- 
tive Remarks on the Alluvial Formation of the two Valleys. 
By the late Hugh Falconer, M.D., F.R.S., For.Sec.G.8. 
Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxi., pp. 872-389. 
Researches into the Early History of Mankind, and the Develop- 
ment of Civilization. By Edward Burnet Tylor. London: 
Murray. 1865. 
Prehistoric Times; as Illustrated by Ancient Remains and the 
Manners and Customs of Modern Savages. By John Lubbock, 
F.RS., V.P.LS., F.G.8. . London: Williams and Norgate. 
8vo. 1865. 
Tue Origin and Antiquity of Man are subjects which have of late 
vears acquired the highest interest and received the greatest atten- 
tion, through the discovery, in stratified and undisturbed deposits in 
France and England, of works of art associated with the remains 
of extinct animals. These discoveries are so well known, that it is 
unnecessary for us to review the general question ; we shall therefore 
merely notice a few of the recent publications of more than ordinary 
importance; and it accidentally happens that their scope and 
character enable us to discuss more particularly a limited and most 
interesting portion of the subject. 
Since the acceptance of M. Boucher de Perthes’ views of the 
nature and age of the flint implements of the valley of the Somme, 
the search for similar instruments elsewhere has been prosecuted 
with remarkable enthusiasm. From the title of Mr. Foote’s 
memoir, it will be seen that even the Asiatic continent has now 
yielded evidence that man existed in tropical regions at a period 
anterior to the formation of the existing physical features of the 
country. We know, within comparatively narrow limits, the age 
of the valley-gravels of France and England, and assuming that 
they indicate approximately the period of man’s advent in Europe, 
the question will naturally arise-—At what period of the world’s 
history did man first appear in India ? 
The extension into Asia of the known range of ancient flint 
implements, or corresponding weapons, was long preceded by the 
promulgation of the late Dr. Falconer’s hypothesis that the 
gigantic fossil Tortoise of the Sewalik Hills may have lived con- 
