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III.—Man and the Mammoth; Being an Account of the Animals Found Associated with Early Man in Pre-historic Times1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Henry Woodward
Affiliation:
British Museum

Extract

Having a short time since drawn up a brief statement of the evidences upon which the presumed antiquity of the human race in Western Europe is based, and also some account of the animals found associated with early man in this region, I have ventured to think it may be found of sufficient interest to lay before this Society.

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Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1869

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Footnotes

1

This paper was read hefore the Geologists' Association, on January 1st, 1869, and is printed here by permission of the Council.

References

page 61 note 1 Falconer, , Palæontological Memoirs, 1868. Vol. II. p. 598.Google Scholar

page 61 note 2 Those interested in these researches, who have not yet personally inspected the rich collection of Pre-historic remains, so admirably arranged and displayed in the Ethnological department of the British Museum, and the Christy Collection (exhibited on Fridays,—admission by ticker, obtainable gratis any day at the British Museum), under the able direction of A. W. Franks, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S.,—should take the first occasion to do so, and they will find themselves well repaid by seeing probably the best collection extant of works of early and savage man from all countries.

page 62 note 1 The wild boar Sus scrofa ferox has been killed off in England, but is still found in France and elsewhere on the continent.

page 62 note 2 F. spelæa is extinct, but if considered equivalent to F. ho it has migrated.

page 62 note 3 Hyæna spelæa is extinct, but if considered to be the same as Hyæma crocuta, it has migrated.

page 62 note 4 Killed off in Britain.

page 63 note 1 The teeth of pigs, dogs, and bears, are all subject to considerable variation, owing to their mixed diet.

page 65 note 1 See Geological Magazine, 1868, Vol. V., p. 540, PL XXII. and XXIII.Google Scholar