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Excerpt from Traces of the Elder Faiths in Ireland, a Folklore Sketch, Vol. 1 of 2: A Handbook of Irish Pre-Christian Traditions
Many Continental writers throw back the origin of man to even geologically distant ages, but evidences Of this early existence of our race rest on such fragile proofs that they are, for the present, regarded with scientific scepticism by most English authorities. On this subject the late Professor Huxley observes, that evidence has been adduced in favour of man's existence in the Pliocene or even in the Miocene epoch. It does not satisfy me; but I have no reason to doubt that the fact may be so, nevertheless.
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