yi CONTEXTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



POST-PLIOCENE PERIOD 



BONES OF MAN AND EXTINCT MAMMALIA IN BELGIAN CAVERNS. 



Earliest Discoveries in Caves of Languedoc of Human Remains with Bones of 

 extinct Mammalia Researches in 1833 of Dr. Schmerling in the Liege 

 Caverns Scattered Portions of Human Skeletons associated with Bones of 

 Elephant and Rhinoceros Distribution and probable Mode of Introduction 

 of the Bones Implements of Flint and Bone Schmerling' s Conclusions as 

 to the Antiquity of Man ignored Present State of the Belgian Caves 

 Human Bones recently found in Cave of Engihoul Engulfed Rivers 

 Stalagmitic Crust Antiquity of the Human Remains in Belgium how 

 proved PAGE 59 



CHAPTER V. 



POST-PLIOCENE PERIOD 

 FOSSIL HUMAN SKULLS OF THE NEANDERTHAL AND ENGIS CAVES. 



Human Skeleton found in Cave near Diisseldorf Its geological Position and 

 probable Age Its abnormal and ape-like Characters Fossil Human Skull 

 of the Engis Cave near Liege Professor Huxley's Description of these 

 Skulls Comparison of each, with extreme Varieties of the native Austra 

 lian Race Range of Capacity in the Human and Simian Brains Skull from 

 Borrebyin Denmark Conclusions of Professor Huxley Bearing of the 

 peculiar Characters of the Neanderthal Skull on the Hypothesis of Transmu 

 tation 75 



CHAPTER VI. 



POST-PLIOCENE ALLUVIUM AND CAVE DEPOSITS WITH FLINT 

 IMPLEMENTS. 



General Position of Drift with extinct Mammalia in Valleys Discoveries of 

 M. Boucher de Perthes- at Abbeville Flint Implements found also at 

 St. Acheul, near Amiens Curiosity awakened by the systematic Explora 

 tion of the Brixham Cave Flint Knives in same, with Bones of extinct 

 Mammalia Superposition of Deposits in the Cave Visits of English and 

 French Geologists to Abbeville and Amiens . . . . 93 



CHAPTER VII. 

 PEAT AND POST-PLIOCENE ALLUVIUM OF THE VALLEY OF THE SOMME. 



Geological Structure of the Valley of the Somme and of the surrounding 

 Country Position of Alluvium of different Ages Peat near Abbeville 

 Its animal and vegetable Contents Works of Art in Peat Probable 

 Antiquity of the Peat, and Changes of Level since its Growth began Flint 

 Implements of antique Type in older Alluvium Their various Forms and 

 great Numbers i . 106 



