178 THE EARLIEST MEN 



Mesvinian. 



Strepyan. Lower Paleolithic. 



Chellean. 



Acheulean. 



Mousterian. Middle Paleolithic. 



Aurignacian. 



Solutrian. Upper Paleolithic. 



Magdalenian.* 



In connection with this it may be added that 

 the Mesvinian and Strepyan Periods are as yet 

 not fully accepted by all authorities of prehistoric 

 archaeology ; the " implements " belonging to 

 them may or they may not be the work of man's 

 hands. But with the Chellean, at any rate, we 

 enter a region where there is no doubt, nor of 

 course is there any regarding any of the later sub- 

 divisions of the Palaeolithic Age. After this has 

 passed away, the Neolithic Period is entered upon, 

 as stated at an earlier period of this paper. The 

 difference between the kinds of implements found 

 in the various stages of the Palaeolithic Age are 

 very marked and very interesting, but, from the 

 point of view of this paper, it will not be necessary 

 to deal with them here. We mark the fact that 

 there are such differences, and that they are quite 

 recognizable, and pass on. 



THE REMAINS OF MAN HIMSELF. 



Before proceeding to describe and comment on 

 the examples of early human skeletons or portions 



* DeMortillet's four periods were : Chellean from Chelles, a few 

 miles east of Paris ; Mousterian from the cave of Moustier on the 

 river V^zere, Dordogne ; Solutrian from the cave at Solutre^ near 

 Ma^on, and Mag-dalenian from the rock-shelter of La Madeleine, 

 Dordogne. 



