ANTH 003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: John Frere, Moe Williams, Darwinism
29 Oct 2020
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Handaxes like this were thought to be the product of lightening strikes or elves. Antiquarianism: investigating mysterious stone tools found on the landscape. Frere found flint artifacts buried with bones of extinct animals. They came from: a very remote period indeed; even beyond that of the present world . His notions simply those of the book of genesis. But, ascribed to intentional human manufacture, albeit pre-flood. Maps out extension of strata throughout europe. Studied mammoth bones from deeply stratified gravel deposits in somme. Developments in geology, especially steno"s law of superposition. Lyell, mid1800s, principles of geology, processes don"t change. 16th and 17th centuries worldwide expansion of european colonization. Wealth of information being returned to europe. Parallels drawn between so-called primitive peoples and prehistoric europeans. Can figure out age by looking at strata. The human cultural repertoire has changed dramatically over time. We will all look and perhaps behave like our parents someday.
