Man

is the only animal which uses fire, of course, but then fire may exist without the agency of man. Lightning, volcanic action, spontaneous comb us tion, and burning wells and springs may produce conflagrations, and therefore produce flaked flint stones. A large portion of the supposed tools, accordingly, have to be left out of the discu ion for want of absolute proof as to their origin. The found are the gravel beds in the valleys of the Thames in England, the Somme in France, the Manzares in Spain, and in other portions of Western found alongside of tropical fauna, like the lion, elephant, hippopotamus, and large apes. IMG:content-0880.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] IMG:content-0881.png:[blocks in formation] It is known, therefore, that man lived in Europe during a period when that country had a tropical climate. But since that time Europe has been through the ice age. Vast arrays of evidence show (q. v.). IMG:content-0882.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0883.jpg:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed] IMG:content-0884.png:[blocks in formation]