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THE NEOLITHIC OR NEWER STONE AGE.
The remains of man during this period are found on or near
the surface, the deepest being in lake-beds or the more recent
river silt. The geographical and climatic conditions that pre-
vailed in Neolithic times appear to have differed but little from
the state of things existing at present. As compared with the
Fig. 8. Skeleton of the Irish Elk. Cervus (Megaceros) hibernicus, Owen.
Remains of these species have been found at Ilford and Walton-on-Naze.
preceding age, a great change is evident in the fauna, many of
the animals having migrated or become extinct. The animals of
the neolithic age are those that still exist, with the addition of
the Irish Elk. Britain had in all probability become an island,