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EVOLUTION IN THE PAST 



Maidenhair tree. See Gingko 

 Mammals, appearance of, 80 



— decline of, 214 



— origin of, 80 



— placental, 117 



(See also under various names.) 

 Mammoths, 191, 193, 197, 200, 201, 



202, 210 

 Man — 



America, 202, 209 



Aryan, 213 



Aurignacensis, 198 



Caucasian, 208, 209, 213 



Cave, 199, 211 



Cradle-land, 208, 209 



Cromagnon, 199 



Descent, 127, 187 



Dispersal, 208 



Engis, 199 



Eolithic, 188 



Galley Hill, 198 



Heidelbergensis, 190 



Inter-glacial, 195, 196 



Kelts, 214 



Lake-dwellers, 212 



Mentone, 199 



Mollusc-eaters, 211 



Mongolian, 209 



Mousteriensis, 196 



Neanderthal, 195 



Negroid, 208, 209 



Neolithic, 212, 213 



Palaeolithic, 195, 198, 199, 209 



Pithecanthropus, 187 



Pliocene, 188 



Semitic, 213 



Spy, 198 

 Manatees, 130, 150 

 Marsupials — 



Triassic, 80 



Jurassic, 97 



Cretaceous, 114 



Eocene, 119 



Oligocene, 140 



Miocene, 164 



Pliocene, 186 



Pleistocene, 206 



(See also under various names.) 

 Martens, 156 

 Mastigocrinus, 30 

 Mastodons — 



Pliocene, 174, 180, 182 



Mastodons (cont.) — 



Pleistocene, 202 

 Mayflies — 

 Devonian, 47 

 Carboniferous, 52 

 Jurassic, 89 

 Medusae. See Jellyfish 

 Megalohyrax, 129 

 Megalosaurus, 92, 99 

 Megatherium, 185, 204 

 Melaniidae, 33 

 Menes, King, 214 

 Merostomata. See Sea-scorpions, 



King-crabs 

 Mesohippus, 143 

 Mesonyx, 128 

 Mesopithecus, 172 

 Metamynodon, 142 

 Metriorhynchus, 94, 101 

 Microlestes, 80 

 Millepedes, 47, 52 

 Miocene Period, 154 

 Miolitic limestone, 138 

 Mitre-shells, 137 

 Moa, 207 



Moeritherium, 124 

 Moles, 97, 148 

 Molluscoida. See Brachiopods, 'Poly- 



zoans 

 Molluscs, 14 



(See also Cephalopods, Chitons, 



Gastropods, Pelecypods, Ptero- 



pods, Scaphopods, and various 



names.) 

 Mongolian races, 208, 209 

 Monkeys. See Apes 

 Monotremes, 3, 80 

 Morality, progress of, 81 

 Morula stage, 10 

 Mosasaurs, 10 1 

 Mosquitoes, 89 

 Moths, 114, 152 

 Muntjacs. See Deer 

 Musk-oxen, 189, 194 

 Mussels, 18, 32, 44, 55, 73, 137 

 — River, 44 

 Mustelidae. See Badger, Marten 



Glutton, Polecat, Weasel 

 Mutations, 4 

 Mylodon, 185, 204 

 Myriapods, 47, 52 



