Chapter XI. 
Supposed Cases of Fossil Human Bones. 
Before we enter on the consideration of the 
ossd remains of other animals, it may he rio-ht 
to enquire whether any traces of the human 
species have yet been found in the strata of the 
The only evidence that has been yet collected 
uiwn this subject is negative; but as far as 
ns extends, no conclusion is more fully estab- 
alen’ T »f ‘te total 
through 
s. Had the case been otherwise there 
wou d indeed have been great difficulty in re- 
o ciling the early and extended periods which 
have been assigned to the extinct races of 
animals with our received chronology. On the 
CLr'' 
those of * conjunction with 
those of extinct animals, may be alleged in con- 
livpH ^^^1 ^ hypothesis that these animals 
an led before the creation of man. 
first Srt.^ 1830 * Principles of Geology, vol. i. pp. 153 and 159, 
