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IN the interesting review of Sir Charles Lyell's “Antiquity of Man,” communicated to NATURE of Oct. 2, Mr. A. R. Wallace mentions the fact that “there is as yet no clear evidence that man lived in Europe before the Glacial Epoch, and even if he did so, the action of the ice-sheet would probably have obliterated all records of his existence.” The fact was true when it appeared, but both the fact and the remark which follows it, may now have to undergo considerable modification. The Committee for the Exploration of the Victoria Cave, near Settle, Yorkshire, assisted by a grant from the British Association, have just made a discovery which may prove to be of the greatest importance not only to the geologists of Europe, but to all those who take an interest in the origin and early history of man.
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TIDDEMAN, R. The Relation of Man to the Ice-Sheet in the North of England . Nature 9, 14–15 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/009014a0
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