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The puzzle of life and how it has been put together

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I. Upheaval: Subsidence: Denudation 51

II. Different Kinds of Plants of the Coal Forests 65

III. Trilobite 79

IV. Footprints of Labyrinthodon: Footprints of Birds, (2) with marks of Rain-drops 83

V. Fish-Reptiles 87

VI. Bird-Reptiles 93

VII. Fossils of the Chalk 97

VIII. Gigantic Irish Stag (Cervus Megaceros) 108

IX. The Megatherium 112

X. 1. Flint Arrow-head; 2. Stone Axe in Handle; 3. Flint Knife; 4. Bone Harpoon; 5. Bone Needles; 6. Sceptre made of Horn; 7. Marrow Spoon 129

XI. Examples of Pre-historic Drawings 135

XII. Lake-dwellings 148

XIII. The Guadaloupe Human Fossil 159

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PUZZLE OF LIFE.

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