 | Benjamin Godwin - 1834 - 314 pages
...remote. " We need not dwell," says one of the most distinguished geologists of the present day, '•' on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species,...species, now his contemporaries, began to predominate."* * Lyell's Principles of Geology.— Vol. I, p. 176, 2nd. ed. Anticipating an objection that man may... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1839 - 456 pages
...of animal existence, man excepted, had been established. " We need not," says Mr. Lyell, " dwell on the low antiquity of our species, for it is not controverted...difference of opinion respecting the occurrence in certain deposites of the remains of man and his works, it is always in reference to strata of the most modern... | |
 | Arthur James Johnes - 1843 - 350 pages
...species, for it is not controverted by " any experienced geologist; indeed the real difficulty con" sists in tracing back the signs of man's existence on the...modern order, and it is never pretended that our race co" existed with assemblages of Animals and Plants, of which " all or even a great part of the species... | |
 | James Smith - 1843 - 728 pages
...experience consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence on the earth to that comparatively modem period when species, now his contemporaries, began...and his works, it is always in reference to strata of the most modern order," &c. — (Lyell's Geology, vol. i. pp. 153, 154.) The conclusion to be plainly... | |
 | Hosea Ballou, George Homer Emerson, Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Richard Eddy - 1847 - 444 pages
...our species, for it is not controverted by any experienced geologist ; indeed, the real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence...period when species, now his contemporaries, began greatly to predominate."i9 !9Lyell, Principles of Geology,!. 249, 282. It is worthy of notice how completely... | |
 | Arthur James Johnes - 1846 - 348 pages
...species, for it is not controverted by " any experienced geologist; indeed the real difficulty con" sists in tracing back the signs of man's existence on the...modern order, and it is never pretended that our race co" existed with assemblages of Animals and Plants, of which " all or even a great part of the species... | |
 | Robert Armitage - 1846 - 660 pages
...our species, for it is not controverted by any experienced geologist : indeed the 'real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence...comparatively modern period, when species, now his cotemporaries, began greatly to predominate. If there be a difference of opinion respecting the occurrence... | |
 | Paton James Gloag - 1859 - 204 pages
...of our species, for it is not controverted by any experienced geologist; indeed, the real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence...modern period when species, now his contemporaries, on the shore helow the high-water mark, among calcareous rocks full of madrepores, and not far from... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1800 - 468 pages
...of our species, for it is not controverted by any experienced geologist; indeed, the real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence...is always in reference to strata confessedly of the mast modern order; and it is never pretended that our race co-existed with assemblages of animals and... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1860 - 468 pages
...of our species, for it is not controverted by any experienced geologist; indeed, the real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence...it is always in reference to strata confessedly of tlie most modern order; and it is never pretended that our race co-existed with assemblages of animals... | |
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on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species, for it is not controverted by any experienced geologist; indeed, the real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence on the earth to that comparatively modern period when species,... 
