Finally, it has been the tendency of modern geological and archæological discovery to attach more and more value and importance to the ancient records of the human race, and especially to those precious documents which have been preserved to our time in the Book of Genesis. We have merely glanced cursorily at a few of the salient points of the relation of the primitive history of man in Genesis to modern scientific discovery. Many other details might have been adduced as tending to show similar coincidences of these two distinct lines of evidence. Enough has, however, been said to indicate the remarkable manner in which the history in Genesis has anticipated modern discovery, and to show that this ancient book is in every way trustworthy, and as remote as possible from the myths and legends of ancient heathenism, while it shows the historical origin of beliefs which in more or less corrupted forms lie at the foundations of the oldest religions of the Gentiles, and find their true significance in that of the Hebrews. To the Christian the record in Genesis has a still higher value, as constituting those historical groundworks of the plan of salvation to which our Lord Himself so often referred, and on which He founded so much of His teaching. INDEX A Adam, description of, 64 Adon, the name, 180 Akkadian kingdom, foundation of, 108 Alphabets, early, 108 Amunoph III., 177 Amunoph IV., 177 Anakim, the, 65 Animals, remains of, 23, 30, 38, 43, 45, 46, 48, 50, 74, 96, 98 Antediluvians, identification of, 125 Anthropic age, definition of, 17; events of, 39 Anthropology, 16 Archæan age, the, 19 Ark, the, description of, 135 Arrow-headed characters, use of, 108 Artemis, 160 Aten, worship of, 177 Atlantis, fable of, 156 Auriferous gravel, finds in, 34 B Bears, cave, 46 Beni Elohim, 132 Beni ha Adam, 132 Bones, human, gnawed, 47 Boule, on deposits at Schweizersbild, 87 Britain, early inhabitants of, 103 Broca, on skulls, 61 Burials, discoveries of, 56 C