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PAGE § 3. The Heidelberg sub-man................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................69 § 4. The Piltdown sub-man................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70 § 5. The riddle of the Piltdown remains................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................72 - Chapter IX. The Neanderthal Men, an Extinct Race. (The Early Palæolithic Age)
§ 1. The world 50,000 years ago................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................75 § 2. The daily life of the first men................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................79 § 3. The last Palæolithic men................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84 - Chapter X. The Later Postglacial Palæolithic Men, the First True Men. (Later Palæolithic Age)
§ 1. The coming of men like ourselves................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86 § 2. Subdivision of the Later Palæolithic................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................95 § 3. The earliest true men were clever savages................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................98 § 4. Hunters give place to herdsmen................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................101 § 5. No sub-men in America................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................102 - Chapter XI. Neolithic Man in Europe
§ 1. The age of cultivation begins................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................104 § 2. Where did the Neolithic culture arise?................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................108 § 3. Everyday Neolithic life................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................109 § 4. How did sowing begin?................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................116 § 5. Primitive trade................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................118 § 6. The flooding of the Mediterranean Valley................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................118 - Chapter XII. Early Thought
§ 1. Primitive philosophy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................122 § 2. The Old Man in religion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................125 § 3. Fear and hope in religion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................126 § 4. Stars and seasons................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................127 § 5. Story-telling and myth-making................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................129 § 6. Complex origins of religion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................130 - Chapter XIII. The Races of Mankind
§ 1. Is mankind still differentiating?................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................136 § 2. The main races of mankind................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................140 § 3. Was there an Alpine race?................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................142 § 4. The Heliolithic culture of the Brunet peoples................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................146 § 5. How existing races may be related to each other................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................148 - Chapter XIV. The Languages of Mankind
§ 1. No one primitive language................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................150 § 2. The Aryan languages................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................151 § 3. The Semitic languages................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................153 § 4. The Hamitic languages................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................154