=Egypt and Syria.= Their Physical Features in Relation to Bible History. _Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged._ With many Illustrations. "_By-Paths of Bible Knowledge_," _Vol. VI._ 12mo, cloth 1.20 "This is one of the most interesting of the series to which it belongs. It is the result of personal observation, and the work of a practised geological observer."--_The British Quarterly Review._ * * * * * THE MEETING-PLACE OF GEOLOGY AND HISTORY by SIR J. WILLIAM DAWSON, LL.D., F.R.S. Author of "The Earth and Man," "Modern Ideas of Evolution," "The Chain of Life in Geological Time," etc. [Illustration] Fleming H. Revell Company New York · Chicago · Toronto The Religious Tract Society, London Copyright, 1894 Fleming H. Revell Company PREFACE The object of this little book is to give a clear and accurate statement of facts bearing on the character of the debatable ground intervening between the later part of the geological record and the beginnings of sacred and secular history. The subject is one as yet full of difficulty; but the materials for its treatment have been rapidly accumulating, and it is hoped that it may prove possible to render it more interesting and intelligible than heretofore. J. W. D. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. General Nature of the Subject 11 II. The World Before Man 18 III. The Earliest Traces of Man 27 IV. The Palanthropic Age 40 V. Subdivisions and Conditions of the Palanthropic Age 69 VI. End of the Palanthropic Age 85 VII. The Early Neanthropic Age 94 VIII. The Palanthropic Age in the Light of History 106 IX. The Deluge of Noah 121 X. Special Questions Respecting the Deluge 151 XI. The Prehistoric and Historic in the East 164 XII. The Neanthropic Dispersion 183 XIII. Summary of Results 210 Index 219 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Section at Trenton, on the Delaware, showing The Relation of the Stone Implements to the Glacial (?) Gravels (after Holmes) 32 Chipped Quartzites, Modern American (after Holmes) 33 Flint Hache of the Ancient or Chellean Type, Aurillac (after Carthaillac) 41 Cave of Goyet, Belgium (Section after Dupont) 47