The Story of the Earth and Man

Name: The Story of the Earth and Man
Author: Dawson, John William, Sir

Dawson, John William, Sir

Human beings -- Origin; Paleontology

The Story of the Earth and Man.


By J. W. DAWSON




  DIAGRAM OF THE EARTH'S HISTORY.

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  ANIMALS        ROCK FORMATIONS               PLANTS
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  Age           N            Modern              Age
  of            E  T         Post-pliocene       of
  Man           O  i         Pliocene        Angiosperms
  (Upper        Z  m         Pliocene            and
  Strata)       O  e         Miocene           Plants
  and           I            Eocene
  Mammals       C

  --------------------------------------------------------
                M
  Age           E            Cretaceous          Age
                S  T                             of
  of            O  i         Jurassic          Cycads
                Z  m                             and
  Reptiles      O  e         Triassic           Pines
                I
                C
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                             Permian           Age of
  Age of        P
  Amphibians    A            Carboniferous    Acrogens
  and Fishes    L  T
                Æ  i         Erian or           and
  ------        O  m
                Z  e         Devonian        Gymnosperms
  Age of        O
  Mollusks      I            Silurian          ------
  Corals        C
  and                        Siluro-            Age
  Crustaceans                Cambrian
                                                of
                             Cambrian
                                               Algæ
                             Huronian?

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  Age of       E           Laurentian         Plants
  Protozoa     O  T
               Z  i                             not
               O  m
               I  e                         determinable
               C

Harper & Brothers New York.





THE STORY


OF


THE EARTH AND MAN,


BY


J. W. DAWSON, LL.D., F.K.S., F.G.S.,

PRINCIPAL AND VICE-CHANCELLOR OF McGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, AUTHOR
OF "ARCHAIA," "ACADIAN GEOLOGY," ETC.


    NEW YORK:
    HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
    FRANKLIN SQUARE





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The Story of the Earth and Man

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