Man and the Glacial Period
Man and the Glacial Period, published in 1892 in the International Scientific Series, is a survey by G. Frederick Wright, a geologist and Congregationalist minister who taught at Oberlin College. He begins with existing glaciers in Alaska, Greenland and the Alps, then traces the evidence of the Ice Age across North America and Europe: moraines, drift, terraces and changed river courses. The heart of the book is the question of human antiquity, the stone implements found in glacial gravels at Trenton, New Jersey, and elsewhere, which Wright took as proof that people lived in America during the Ice Age. His conclusions provoked a sharp debate among scientists. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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