Lucretius on the use of iron, 425.
Lukis cited (note), 289.
Lyell, Sir Charles, Antiquity of Man quoted on division of Tertiary strata, 10 (note); on the Glacial period of Meiocene age, 65; evidence as to icebergs in Pleiocene age, 76; on the spruce, 12 ; on cut bones found at St. Prest, 133; relation of River-drift man to the glacial phenomenon, 170; on shell-mounds of Denmark, 303.
Lyon, on the Eskimos, 233.
Lyons, forest near, in Pleiocene age, 77.
M
Macacus, 60, 79, 86, 87.
Machairodus, remains at Baume, 126, 144; upper canine of, Robiu Hood Cave (fig.), 186.
MacEnery, Rev. J., discoveries at Kent's Hole, 291.
Magdalenien, epoch of the Palæolithic age, 199.
Major, Forsyth, on mid Meiocene apes, 58; classification of Pleiocene mammalia in the forests of the Val d'Arno, 83; on Pleiocene mammalia of Tuscany, 92.
Mammalia, specialisation of the, explained by the theory of evolution, 11, (fig.) 12; lower Eocene, 26; mid Eocene, 30; British upper Eocene, 31; upper Eocene of the Continent, 32; upper Eocene (fig.), 33; extraordinary character of, during the Eocene period, 35; of Meiocene age in Europe, 39, 40; common to both Europe and America in Meiocene age, 43; lower Meiocene, 53; mid Meiocene, 55, (fig. ) 56; (land) and birds of upper Meiocenes, 59; no living specimen in the Meiocene fauna, 67; of France (lower Pleiocene), 79; of France (upper Pleiocene), 80; upper Pleiocene of Italy, 83; in Pleiocene Britain, 84; upper Pleiocene (fig.), 86; of Pleistocene period, 94; survivals from Pleiocene, living and extinct species, 95; of Pleistocene age, incoming living species, 96; incoming Arctic species of Pleistocene age, 99; of Pleistocene period, incoming species now restricted to cold mountainous regions, 100; of Pleistocene age, incoming species now found in hot climates, 102; range of northern and southern in Pleistocene Europe, 111; Pleistocene, distribution of, regulated by climate, 113; relation of, to glacial phenomena, 121; the three divisions of the Pleistocene age, 122; Pleistocene mammalia in Britain before, during, and after the Glacial period, 123; inhabiting early Pleistocene forests, 126; mid Pleistocene, 134; table of, 135; late Pleistocene, 146; table of, 147, 148; late Pleistocene, range of, over Britain and Ireland, 152; existing with River-drift man in India, 166; chronological sequence based on, unsatisfactory, 203; of Prehistoric age in Britain, wild group, 257, 261; domestic group, 261, 262; Prehistoric, 257, 261; of Neolithic age, 304; Eocene, of Britain, 501; Eocene, of France, 502; lower Meiocene of France, 505; mid Meiocene, of France, 506; upper Meiocene, of the continent, 509; lower Pleiocene, of France, stage of Montpellier, 511; upper Pleiocene, of France, stage of Mont Perrier and Issoire, 512; Pleiocene, of Italy, the upper Val d'Arno, 513.
Mammoth (Elephas primigenius), 104; engraved on ivory by Cave-men, La Madelaine (fig.), 105; E. Lartet and Falconer on the, 106; discovered by Benkendorf, 106; remains in Russian Asia, 107; and its relation to the Indian elephant, 108; in Scotland, 152; in Caithness, 152; in Ireland, 152; in Scotland before Glacial period according to Jamieson, 152; charging, Laugerie-Basse (fig.), 215.
Man, not present during the Eocene period, 36; in Europe in Meiocene age, no proof of, 66, 67; evidence as to presence of, in France and Italy in Pleiocene period unsatisfactory, 90; reputed traces of, founded on a series of cut bones from the Pleiocenes of Tuscany, 91, 92; River-drift, 99; in early Pleistocene strata, doubtful evidence of, 133; presence in mid Pleistocene age, evidence of, 136; lived in the Thames Valley in late Pleistocene age, 156; near Salisbury, 160; on the Continent, 164; pre-Glacial and Glacial in Europe, and post- Glacial in area north of the Thames, 171; contemporary with hippopotamus, etc., in the valley of the Ouse
