INDEX 



Man, not found in Eocene age, I 8 ; 

 his presence doubtful in Miocene, 

 23-25 ; found in Pliocene, in 

 Portugal and California, 28, 32, 

 66; in river-drift, 31, 34-36, 

 65 ; in caves, 34, 36-40, 65 ; 

 Neolithic, 41 ; significance of his 

 great antiquity, 66 ; origin and 

 development of, 66 ; acquiring 

 of intellect by, 67 ; average in 

 mental capacity of, 159; psycholo- 

 gically transcends the highest apes 

 immeasurably, 280, 287 ; pro- 

 longation of infancy in, 280, 287 ; 

 mental plasticity of, 289-291. 

 Manatee, rib of, 24. 

 Mandshus of the Mongolian race, 



151. 

 Maples, in Miocene age, 22 j in 



Pliocene, 27. 



Marcus Aurelius, Emperor, and per- 

 secution, 194. 

 Margiana, the Muru of the Zenda- 



vesta, 71. 



Marsh, O. C., on mammalia in 

 Triassic age, 5,6; his discovery of 

 the atlantosaurus, 6 ; on palaeon- 

 tology of the horse, 335. 

 Marsupials, Eocene, 1 7 ; Miocene, 



22 ; in Australia, 320. 

 Mary Tudor, persecutions of, 232. 

 Mastodon, in Miocene age, 22 ; in 



Pliocene age, 27. 

 Materialism, as a term of abuse, 250 ; 

 unintelligent use of the word, 

 250 ; legitimate changes of mean- 

 ing in, 250 ; and modern philoso- 

 phy, 251-257 ; its position in 

 regard to mind and matter, 252- 

 257 ; as held at the present time, 

 252, 253 ; as behind the times, 

 253 ; and the philosophy of the 

 future, 257 ; on consciousness and 

 physical action, 302. 

 Maurer, G. L. von, method of, 



176. 



Mead, derivation of, 127. 

 Mecca, competition of bards at, 146 

 Medes, country of the, 72 ; called 



Aryans by Armenian writers, 74 j 

 their language one of the Aryan 

 group, 74. 



Mediterranean Sea, in Miocene age, 

 20 ; in Recent period, 40. 



Mental plasticity, in the lower ani- 

 mals, 284, 286; in the higher 

 apes, 286 ; man's use of his, 

 289291. 



Mental states and physical action, 

 303-306. 



Merv, the Muru of the Zendavesta, 



Metaphysical problems, their place in 

 the philosophy of the present age, 

 259. 



Metaphysics, distinction between sci- 

 ence and, 264. 



Middle Ages, communication in, 

 143 ; excessive cruelty of, ex- 

 plained, 204. 



Midget, meaning of the word, 126. 



Military discipline of primitive society, 

 290. 



Mill, J. S., his essay on Liberty, 

 213. 



Million of years, our inadequate con- 

 ception of, 10 ; geological work 

 in a, ii. 



Mind-stuff, character of, 306. 



Minokhired, Aryana Vaejo in the, 



73- 



Miocene age, 7 5 physical contour 

 of Europe in, 20 ; climate of Eu- 

 rope in, 21, 60 ; vegetation in, 

 21, 22 ; animals in, 22 j doubt- 

 ful if man existed in, 23-25 } 

 glaciation in, 60. 



Mississippi Valley, drainage of, 12. 



Moguls of India of Mongolian race, 

 151. 



Mohammed and Arabian civilization, 

 171. 



Mohammedans and Magian religion, 

 70. 



Molecular motion, 254, 255. 



Molecules, Clifford's description of, 

 296. 



Moles, Miocene, aa. 



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