MAN'S FIRST APPEARANCE 1647 



MAN'S FIRST APPEARANCE 

 BOYD DAWKINS 



THE characteristics of the evolution of living 

 forms may be summed up as follows: 



I. Eocene in which the placental mammals now 

 on earth were represented by allied forms belonging 

 to existing orders and families. Living orders and 

 families appear; lemurs (Lemuridae) in Europe and 

 North America. Evidence found in fresh-water and 

 marine strata; lignites. 



II. Miocene in which the alliance between liv- 

 ing and placental mammals is more close than before. 

 Living genera appear; apes (Simiadae) in Europe 

 and North America. Evidence fresh-water and 

 marine strata; volcanic debris (Auvergne) ; lignites. 



III. Pliocene in which living species of placen- 

 tal mammals appear. Living species appear; apes 

 (Simiadae) in Southern Europe. Evidence found in 

 fresh-water and marine strata; volcanic debris (Au- 

 vergne). 



IV. Pleistocene in which living species of pla- 

 cental mammals are more abundant than the extinct. 

 Man appears; Anthropidae; the palaeolithic hunter; 

 living species abundant. Evidence refuse-heaps, 

 contents of caves, river deposits, submarine forests, 

 bowlder clay, moraines, marine sands, and shingle. 



V. Prehistoric in which domestic animals and 

 cultured fruits appear. Man abundant, domestic 

 animals, cultivated fruits, spinning, weaving, pottery- 

 making, mining, commerce; the neolithic, bronze, 



