implements occur in association with fossil remains of
the cave lion, the cave hyena, the old elephant and rhinoceros--all
extinct species. Also the bones and horns of the reindeer are
prominent in these remains, for at that time the reindeer came farther
south than at present. In southern France similar implements are
associated with ivory and bones, with rude markings, and the bones of
man--even a complete skeleton being found at one place. These are all
found in connection with the bones of the elk, ibex, aurochs, and
reindeer.

_Burial Mounds_ (4).--It is difficult to determine at just what period
human beings began to bury their dead. Primarily the bodies were
disposed of the same as any other carrion that might occur--namely,
they were left to decay wherever they dropped, or were subject to the
disposal by wild {77} animals. After the development of the idea of
the perpetuation of life in another world, even though it were
temporary or permanent, thoughts of preparing the body for its journey
into the unknown land and for its residence thereafter caused people to
place food and implements and clothing in the grave. This practice
probably occurred about the beginning of the Neolithic period of man's
existence, and has continued on to the present date.

Hence it is that in the graves of primitive man we find deposited the
articles of daily use at the period in which he lived. These have been
preserved many centuries, showing something of the life of the people
whose remains were deposited in the mounds. Also in connection with
this in furtherance of a religious idea were great dolmens and stone
temples, where undoubtedly the ancients met to worship. They give some
evidence at least of the development of the religious and ceremonial
life among these primitive people and to that extent they are of great
importance. It is evidence also, in another way, that the religious
idea took strong hold of man at an early period of his existence.
Evidences of man in Britain from the tumuli, or burial mounds, from
rude stone temples like the famous Stonehenge place his existence on
the island at a very early date. Judging from skulls and skeletons
there were several distinct groups of prehistoric man in Britain,
varying from the extreme broad skulls to those of excessive length.
They carry us back to the period of the Early Stone Age. Relics, too,
of the implements and mounds show something of the primitive conditions