THE PALANTHROPIC AGE 41 



or of those who were driven inland by the encroach- 

 ments of the waters. Our means of information are 

 thus limited, and we must be prepared to admit that 

 there may have been in this age great and populous 

 communities of which we can have no record, at least 



FLINT HACHE OF .THE ANCIENT OR CHELLEAN TYPE, AURILLAC 



(after Carthaillac) 



of a geological character. Hence if we should find 

 remains of only rude races of men, we should not be 

 justified in assuming that all the peoples of the 

 palanthropic age were of this character, more espe- 

 cially if we can find any indications that the men 



