Somme gravels by jacques boucher de perthes. It was the English scholars’ international recognition of Boucher de Perthes that further assisted in his work being finally accepted by the French Academie des Sciences—and the reality of high human antiquity was accepted by the scientific establishment.

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Charles Lyell

(Ann Ronan Picture Library)

Tim Murray

See also

Britain, Prehistoric Archaeology