Excerpt: ...for Sir J. Lubbock has shown that there are tribes at the present time without this belief. 66 M. Edward Dupont, in his report to the Belgian minister of the Interior, on the excavations carried on in the caves, has concisely but eloquently given a synopsis of man of the reindeer epoch, in the following language: "The data obtained from the fossils of Chaleux, together with those which have been met with in the caves of Furfooz, present us with a striking picture of the primitive ages of mankind in Belgium. ...
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Excerpt: ...for Sir J. Lubbock has shown that there are tribes at the present time without this belief. 66 M. Edward Dupont, in his report to the Belgian minister of the Interior, on the excavations carried on in the caves, has concisely but eloquently given a synopsis of man of the reindeer epoch, in the following language: "The data obtained from the fossils of Chaleux, together with those which have been met with in the caves of Furfooz, present us with a striking picture of the primitive ages of mankind in Belgium. These ancient tribes, and all their customs, after having been buried in oblivion for thousands and thousands of years, are again vividly brought before our eyes; and, . antiquity lives again in the relics of its former existence. "We may almost fancy that we can see them in their dark and subterranean retreats, crouching round their hearths, and skilfully and patiently chipping out their flint instruments and shaping their reindeer-horn tools, in the midst of all the pestilential emanations arising from the various animal remains which their carelessness has allowed to remain in their dwellings. Skins of wild beasts are stripped of their hair, and, by the aid of flint needles, are converted into garments. In our mind's eye, we may see them engaged in the chase, and hunting wild animals
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Fair. Ex-Library hardcover no dj (black boards) with all the usual markings, possible attachments, and library wear. Quite worn boards reinforced with library tape.
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Good. Hardcover in dark brown cloth lettered in gilt, respined with black cloth. 159 pp. with glossary, index. Frontis engraving "Ideal Restoration Of The Neanderthal Man", 18 additional engravings in the text. A tight example but with loss at the bottom inch of the spine and front gutter, wear to the cloth at the tips and edge loss to the outer rear cloth. Ink ownership signature and notation on the first front blank: "Purchased of the author J.P. Maclean Nov. 30, 1875. Price $1.00" followed by a 1940 dated addtional signature.