MEN OF THE OLD STONE AGE

THEIR ENVIRONMENT, LIFE AND ART

HITCHCOCK LECTURES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, 1914

Pl. I. Neanderthal man at the station of Le Moustier, overlooking the valley of the Vézère, Dordogne. Drawing by Charles R. Knight, under the direction of the author.

MEN OF THE OLD STONE AGE

THEIR ENVIRONMENT, LIFE AND ART

BY HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN SC.D. PRINCETON, HON. LL.D. TRINITY, PRINCETON, COLUMBIA, HON. D.SC. CAMBRIDGE HON. PH.D. CHRISTIANIA RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY VERTEBRATE PALÆONTOLOGIST U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CURATOR EMERITUS OF VERTEBRATE PALÆONTOLOGY IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

ILLUSTRATIONS BY UPPER PALÆOLITHIC ARTISTS AND CHARLES R. KNIGHT, ERWIN S. CHRISTMAN AND OTHERS

NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1915

Copyright, 1915, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Published November, 1915

DEDICATED TO

MY DISTINGUISHED GUIDES THROUGH THE UPPER PALÆOLITHIC CAVERNS OF THE PYRENEES, DORDOGNE, AND THE CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS OF SPAIN

ÉMILE CARTAILHAC HENRI BREUIL HUGO OBERMAIER