52 THE MAMMALIA. 



one, although in its modern form it has the new 

 name of monism. 



However, our intention was to speak of some of 

 the work that had been accomplished in our day in 

 the domain of palaeontology, which is intimately 

 connected with that of zoology. In the first place, 

 then, we must mention Biitimeyer's works, and 

 can, in fact, mention only some of his most eminent 

 and comprehensive publications. When Darwin's 

 grand work on the origin of species, the derivation 

 of domestic animals, and the influence of domes- 

 tication on the transformation of the original 

 species first appeared, and was being universally 

 talked about, as much interest was simultaneously 

 aroused by the discoveries of the Swiss lake-dwell- 

 ings. They gave the greatest impetus to the study 

 of modern anthropology, and also called forth 

 Riitimeyer's work on the fauna of the lake-dwell- 

 ings, 1 a masterly performance, and one precisely 

 such as was required by the new theory with its 

 very imperfect evidence. The manner in which he 

 explains the prehistoric discoveries by the races of the 

 present day in connection with the diluvial forms, 

 pointing out certain primary forms as the ancestors 



1 Eutimeyer, Die Fauna der Pfahlbauten in der Scliweiz. 

 Basel, 1861. 



