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been discovered of early man by the study of his handiworks ;
the Type Collection will serve to illustrate these facts.
Fig. I. Map of the British Isles in the Late Pleistocene Age, showing
the probable extent of the land during the existence of Palaeolithic man.
(Prof. Boyd Dawkins.)
The early periods of man's existence have been divided
into four ages, which are now generally recognised, viz.,
(1) The Palaeolithic or " Old-Stone " Age.
(2) The Neolithic or " Later Stone " Age.
(3) The Bronze Age.
(4) The Early Iron Age.