CHAPTER XXII.
Life of the Post-Pliocene period--Effect of the coming on and
departure of the Glacial period upon the animals inhabiting the
northern hemisphere--Birds of the Post-Pliocene--Mammalia of the
Post-Pliocene--Climate of the Post-Glacial period as deduced from
the Post-Glacial Mammals--Occurrence of the bones and implements
of Man in Post-Pliocene deposits in association with the remains
of extinct Mammalia--Literature relating to the Post-Pliocene
period.
CHAPTER XXIII.
The succession of life upon the globe--Gradual and successive
introduction of life-forms--What is meant by "lower" and "higher"
groups of animals and plants--Succession in time of the great
groups of animals in the main corresponding with their zoological
order--Identical phenomena in the vegetable kingdom--Persistent
types of life--High organisation of many early forms--Bearings
of Palaeontology on the general doctrine of Evolution.
APPENDIX.--Tabular view of the chief Divisions of the Animal Kingdom.
GLOSSARY.
INDEX.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FIG.
1. Cast of _Trigonia longa_.
2. Microscopic section of the wood of a fossil Conifer.
3. Microscopic section of the wood of the Larch.
4. Section of Carboniferous strata, Kinghorn, Fife.
5. Diagram illustrating the formation of stratified deposits.
6. Microscopic section of a calcareous breccia.
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