 | George Rawlinson - 1860 - 566 pages
...LXXXm., p. 75. See Sir Charles Lyell's Principles of Gmloyy, vol. ip 240. " I need not dwell," he says, " on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species, for it v1 not controverted by any experienced yeoloyist ; indeed, the real difficulty consists in tracing... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1862 - 472 pages
...p. 75. See Sir Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, vol. ip 240. " I need not dwell," he says, " on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species,...difference of opinion respecting the occurrence in certain deposits of the remains of man and his works, it is always in reference to strata confessedly... | |
 | Patrick Fairbairn - 1866 - 1056 pages
...there appears to be none better established than this. To adduce only the testimony of Lyell — " I need not dwell on the proofs of the low antiquity...period when species, now his contemporaries, began greatly to predominate. If there be a difference of opinion respecting the occurrence in certain deposits... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1869 - 320 pages
...disappeared. 4. The comparatively modern origin of Man. — " I need not dwell," says Mr. Lyell, " on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species, for it is not controverted by an experienced geologist." " The comparatively modern introduction of the human race is proved by the... | |
 | Ebenezer Burgess - 1871 - 444 pages
...discoveries of fossil human remains, remarks, " I need not dwell on the proofs of the low antiquity of bur species, for it is not controverted by any experienced...difference of opinion respecting the occurrence in deposits of the remains of man and his work, it is always in reference to strata confessedly of the... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1885 - 474 pages
...p. 75. See Sir Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, vol. ip 240. " I need not dwell," he says, " on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species,...contemporaries, began to predominate. If there be a diiference of opinion respecting the occurrence in certain deposits of the remains of man and his works,... | |
 | 1845 - 664 pages
...called into being within a few thousand years of the days in which we live."J Mr. Lyell also says : " We need not dwell on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species, for it is not controverted by any geologist. Indeed, the real difficulty which we experience consists in tracing back the signs of man's... | |
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I need not dwell 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... 
