ns have gone, they _indisputably_ refer
the existence of man to a date remote from us by many
_hundreds of thousands of years_," and that, "it is difficult
to assign a shorter date from the last glaciation of Europe
than a quarter of a million of years, _and human existence
antedates that_."[29:3]

Again he says:

"Recent researches give reason to believe that, under low and
base grades, the existence of man can be traced back into the
_Tertiary_ times. He was contemporary with the Southern
Elephant, the Rhinoceros-leptorhinus, the great Hippopotamus,
perhaps even in the _Miocene_, contemporary with the
Mastodon."[29:4]

Prof. Huxley closes his "Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature," by
saying:

"Where must we look for primeval man? Was the oldest _Homo
Sapiens_ Pliocene or Miocene, _or yet more ancient_? . . .
If any form of the doctrine of progressive development is
correct, _we must extend by long epochs the most liberal
estimate that has yet been made of the antiquity of
man_."[30:1]

Prof. Oscar Paschel, in his work on "Mankind," speaking of the deposits
of human remains which have been discovered in caves, mingled with the
bones of wild animals, says:

"The examination of one of these caves at Brixham, by a
geologist as trustworthy as Dr. Falconer, convinced the
specialists of Great Britain, as early as 1858, that man was a
contemporary of the Mammoth, the Woolly Rhinoceros, the
Cave-lion, the Cave-hyena, the Cave-bear, _and therefore of
the Mammalia of the Geological period antecedent to our
own_."[30:2]

The positive evidence of man's existence during the _Tertiary_ period,
are facts which must firmly convince every one--who is willing to be
convinced--of _the great antiquity of man_. We might multiply our
authorities, but deem it unnecessary.

The observation of shells, corals, and other remains of _aquatic
animals_, in places above the level of the sea, and even on high
mountains, may have given rise to legends of a great flood.

Fossils found imbedded in high ground have been appealed to, both in
ancient and modern times, both by savage and civilized man, as evidence
in support of their traditions of a flood; and, moreover, the argument,
apparently unconnected with any tradition, is to be found, that because
there are marine fossils in places away from the sea, _therefore the s