 ... less universal than at present. Besides, Europe was in a great measure submerged during the tertiary epoch ; and though its scattered islands may have been uninhabited by man, it by no means follows that he did not at the same time exist in warm or...  The Action of Natural Selection on Man - Page 19by Alfred Russel Wallace - 1871 - 54 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anthropology - 1864 - 668 pages
...there is no a priori reason against our finding the remains of man or his works, in the middle or later tertiary deposits. The absence of all such remains...decreasing brain of former races, till we come to a time when the body also begins materially to differ. Then we shall have reached the starting point of the... | |
 | 1864 - 746 pages
...measure submerged during the tertiary epoch, and though its scattered islands may hava NHR— 1864, 2 been uninhabited by man it by no means follows that...earth which has not been submerged since eocene or miocone times, — it is there that we may expect to find some traces of the very early progenitors... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Evolution - 1870 - 458 pages
...that he did not at the same time exist in warm or tropical continents. If geologists can point Y 2 out to us the most extensive land in the warmer regions...decreasing brain of former races, till we come to a time when the body also begins materially to differ. Then we shall have reached the starting point of the... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Evolution - 1870 - 414 pages
...that he did not at the same time exist in warm or tropical continents. If geologists can point T 2 out to us the most extensive land in the warmer regions...is there that we may expect to find some traces of the-very early progenitors of man. It is there that we may trace back the gradually decreasing brain... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Science - 1871 - 490 pages
...conditions and the cumulative action of " natural selection." I believe, therefore, that there is no a priori reason against our finding the remains of man...decreasing brain of former races, till we come to a time when the body also begins materially to differ. Then we shall have reached the starting point of the... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Evolution - 1871 - 412 pages
...that he did not at the same time exist in warm or tropical continents. If geologists can point Y 2 out to us the most extensive land in the warmer regions...decreasing brain of former races, till we come to a time when the body also begins materially to differ. Then we shall have reached the starting point of the... | |
 | Sir Arthur Mitchell - Archaeology - 1881 - 380 pages
...absence of all such remains in the European beds of this age has little weight, because as we go farther back in time, it is natural to suppose that man's...decreasing brain of former races, till we come to a time when the body also begins materially to differ. Then we shall have reached the starting-point of the... | |
 | Sir Arthur Mitchell - 1881 - 386 pages
...absence of all such remains in the European beds of this age has little weight, becanse as we go farther back in time, it is natural to suppose that man's...earth, which has not been submerged since eocene or mioccue times, it is there that we may expect to find some traces of the very early progenitors of... | |
 | Sir Arthur Mitchell - Archaeology - 1881 - 382 pages
...small-brained and small-headed progenitor of man is on the widest area of land in the warmer region of the earth, which has not been submerged since Eocene or Miocene times.* Up to the present time, however, this progenitor of man has not been found. Hitherto no trace of him... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Nature - 1891 - 518 pages
...absence of all such remains in the European beds of this age has little weight, because, as we go farther back in time, it is natural to suppose that man's...decreasing brain of former races, till we come to a time when the body also begins materially to differ. Then we shall have reached the starting-point of the... | |
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