viii THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN 
ADDITIONAL NOTE TO PREFACE 
A YEAR has passed since the proofs of this book were 
corrected and its preface written. The events of the year 
have revolutionised the outlook of all of us ; we have 
burst suddenly into a critical phase in the evolutionary 
progress of mankind ; we have had to lay aside the pro- 
blems of our distant past and concentrate our thoughts 
and energies on the immediate present. Liege and 
Namur, which figure in this book as the sites of peaceful 
antiquarian discovery, have become the scenes of bloody 
war. And yet, amidst all the distractions of the present 
time, the author hopes there may be some who will wish 
to survey the issues of the present fateful period from 
the distant standpoint of a student of man's early evolution. 
It is in such a hope that this book is now put forth. 
A. K. 
July 191 5. 
