Download or read book Pre-Historic Nations - 1873 written by D. Baldwin John D. Baldwin and published by Book Jungle. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origin of man, and the date of his first appearance on earth, have always been subjects of speculation. We see this in the cosmogonic myths and legends of antiquity, and in the dogmatic chronologies that have been allowed currency in modern times; but, so far as we know, it is only in very recent times that visionary speculation on these topics has given way to enlightened inquiry...