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(B) Modern men and certaia fossil remains which can hardly be 

 separated froin them, such as the Engis skull and the Galley Hill 

 skeleton. If it be accepted that the Galley Hill man is thus closely 

 allied to modern men, then, as the Galley Hill skeleton was found in 

 deposits much older than those yielding the remains of the l!^eanderthal 

 race, we have to account for the more modern type being in the older 

 deposit. 



In subsequent chapters are considered tiie relation of these fossil 

 human remains to the deposits in which they are found and to the 

 mammalia and flint implements with which they are associated. Then 

 follows an account of the attempts which have been made to divide 

 the Pleistocene deposits and of the Glacial and Interglacial arrange- 

 ments which have been suggested. Finally, Dr, Duckworth traces 

 the possible lines of the evolution of man. 



Throughout the book the author has striven to give a general 

 account of tlie various phases of the study of prehistoric Man rather 

 than to express definite opinions on any of the thorny problems with 

 which the subject is beset. There is a capital bibliography, however, 

 which will enable the student to consult the original authorities for 

 himself and, it may be, draw his own definite conclusions. 



E. T. N. 



III. — Geology of the Federated Malay States. — We have received 

 from Mr. J. B. Scrivenor, Geologist to the Government of these States, 

 an account of The Geology and Mining Industries of Ulu PaJiang, with 

 a shetch map showing the geological structure of the country (1911).' 

 The geological map is the first, so far as we know, that has been 

 published, of any part of the States. It is on the scale of 8 miles to 

 1 inch, is clearly printed in colours, and the topography has mostly 

 been surveyed by M r. Scrivenor. The formations include — ( 1 ) The Raub 

 Series, limestones and shales with fossils of Carboniferous and Permian. 

 (2) The Chert Series, consisting of black and coloured cherts with 

 abundant Iladiolaria, jasper, and siliceous shale, also with a few 

 lladiolaria : in one locality there was a thin seam of Radiolarian chert 

 between a flow of lava and an underlying bed of ash ; fragments of 

 chert occurred in the lava, but the relations between the Chert Series 

 and other formations have not been clearly determined. (3) The 

 Gondwana rochs, comprising conglomerate, quartzite, sandstone, grit, 

 shale, and clay-slate : fossils from the sandstones include several 

 species of If i/ophoria and Chlamys valoniefisis (characteristic of Rhsetic), 

 so that the strata are referred by Mr. R. B. Newton to the uppermost 

 Trias ; a species of Semiotiotus has also been identified by Dr. A. Smith 

 "Woodward ; pebbles of chert resembling the rock of the Chert Series 

 occur abundantly, and suggest unconformity between the Gondwana 

 and Chert Series. (4) The Pahang Volcanic Series, consisting of lavas 

 and ashes and some deep-seated rocks, a group that appears to be 

 associated more or less with all the three preceding groups, and to 

 be older than (5) the Granite of the Main Range. 



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