THE “FALL OF MAN” AND ANTHROPOLOGY.
— The two antagonistic views regarding the life of man on the earth — The theory of “the Fall” among ancient peoples
— Inheritance of this view by the ChristianChurch — Appearance among the Greeks and Romans of the theory of a rise of man
— Its disappearance during the Middle Ages
— Its development since the seventeenth century
— The first blow at the doctrine of “the Fall” comes from geology
— Influence of anthropology on the belief in this doctrine — The finding of human skulls in Quaternary deposits
— Their significance
— Results obtained from the comparative study of the remains of human handiwork
— Discovery of human remains in shell-heaps on the shores of the
— Baltic Sea — In peat-beds — The lake-dwellers
— Indications of the upward direction of man’s development
— Mr. Southall’s attack on the theory of man’s antiquity — An answer to it
— Discovery of prehistoric human remains in Egypt
— Hamard’s attack on the new scientific conclusions
— The survival of prehistoric implements in religious rites
— Strength of the argument against the theory of “the Fall of Man”
