Recent and Post-pliocene Periods. — Terms defined. — Formations of the
Recent Period. — Modern littoral Deposits containing Works of Art near
Naples. — Danish Peat and Shell-mounds. — Swiss Lake-dwellings. —
Periods of Stone, Bronze, and Iron. — Post-pliocene Formations. —
Coexistence of Man with extinct Mammalia. — Reindeer Period of South of
France. — Alluvial Deposits of Paleolithic Age. — Higher and
Lower-level Valley-gravels. — Loess or Inundation-mud of the Nile,
Rhine, etc. — Origin of Caverns. — Remains of Man and extinct
Quadrupeds in Cavern Deposits. — Cave of Kirkdale. — Australian
Cave-breccias. — Geographical Relationship of the Provinces of living
Vertebrata and those of extinct Post-pliocene Species. — Extinct
struthious Birds of New Zealand. — Climate of the Post-pliocene Period.
— Comparative Longevity of Species in the Mammalia and Testacea. —
Teeth of Recent and Post-pliocene Mammalia.