Men Among the MammothsVan Riper recreates scientists' first arguments for human antiquity, placing these debates within the context of Victorian science. Using field notes, scientific reports, and previously unpublished letters, he shows also how the study of human prehistory brought together geologists, archeologists, and anthropologists in their first interdisciplinary scientific effort. A vivid account of how the discovery of human antiquity forced Victorians to redefine their assumptions about human evolution and the relationship of science to Christianity. |
Contents
Beyond the Present World | 1 |
The Historical Archaeologists and Their Science | 15 |
A Community and Its Beginnings | 16 |
Aims and Methods | 28 |
Historical Archaeology and Prehistory | 39 |
Geologists and Human Antiquity to 1858 | 44 |
Geologic Thought in the Golden Age | 45 |
The Geological Community | 54 |
The Problem of Human Fossils | 132 |
Lyells Antiquity of Man | 139 |
The Public Debate over Human Antiquity 185975 | 144 |
The Structure of the Debate | 148 |
The Problem of Absolute Age | 156 |
The Impact of Human Antiquity | 171 |
New Approaches to Prehistory | 184 |
Historical Archaeologists and Prehistory 186080 | 187 |
Geologists and Human Antiquity | 59 |
Solving a Geological Problem | 74 |
Brixham Cave and Paleontology JanuaryJune 1858 | 76 |
Brixham Cave and Human Antiquity JulyOctober 1858 | 85 |
Hugh Falconer in Europe November 1858March 1859 | 100 |
Completing the Solution AprilAugust 1859 | 104 |
The British Association Meetings September 1859 | 113 |
Defending and Extending the Consensus | 117 |
Defending the Data JulyDecember 1859 | 118 |
Gathering Corroborative Data July 1859December 1862 | 127 |
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