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OF the total number of pages in Miss Boyle's little book, one hundred deal with the palaeolithic period proper. The remaining 28 pages cover the Azilian, the Neolithic, the lake villages, the arts and crafts of the neolithic age, and the beginning of writing. This may seem a little out of proportion, but as her book is written for young people, her scale of treatment
Man before History: a Short Account of Prehistoric Times.
By Mary E. Boyle. Pp. 128 + 8 plates. (London, Calcutta and Sydney: G. G. Harrap and Co., Ltd., 1924.) 2s.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 114, 410 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114410b0
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