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| Title | Antiquity of Man |
| Author | Lyell, Sir Charles FRS |
| Asset Number | 00402 |
| Publisher | John Murray |
| ISBN | |
| Published Date | 1863 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Printing | 1 |
| Description | Half leather hardcover. Bindings and boards tight.
First printing of first edition.
Name plate 'Clement F Wedgwood'.
Clement Francis Wedgwood (25 February 1840 - 24 January 1889) was an English businessman, a partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm. He was a great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood.
Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man is a book written by British geologist, Charles Lyell in 1863. The first three editions appeared in February, April, and November 1863, respectively. A much-revised fourth edition appeared in 1873. Antiquity of Man, as it was known to contemporary readers, dealt with three scientific issues that had become prominent in the preceding decade: the age of the human race, the existence of ice ages, and Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Lyell used the book to reverse or modify his own long-held positions on all three issues. The book drew sharp criticism from two of Lyell's younger colleagues - paleontologist Hugh Falconer and archaeologist John Lubbock - who felt that Lyell had used their work too freely and acknowledged it too sparingly. It sold well, however, and (along with Lubbock's 1865 book Prehistoric Times) helped to establish the new science of prehistoric archaeology in Great Britain. |
| Category | Life Science |
| Epoch | Victorian/Edwardian |
| Date Acquired | 03/05/2022 |
| Condition | (2) Very Good |
