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THE recent contribution by T. T. Paterson1 under the above title provides a welcome stimulus towards the general reconsideration of Quaternary events throughout the world, and towards the ultimate unification of our rather scattered knowledge. So wide a survey must inevitably provoke that discussion which Paterson invites in his concluding sentence. His contribution provides an admirable foundation, and should lead, as it has in the case of the present writers, to joint observations by local workers in the various areas and fields concerned. To deal fully with the many points raised would require much space, and as we are most closely concerned with Africa, and particularly with southern Africa, this discussion deals mainly with points relevant to this region.
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COOKE, H., VAN RIET LOWE, C. & WELLS, L. Geology and Early Man. Nature 147, 45–49 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147045a0
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