Antiquites Celtiques et Antediluviennes : Memoire Sur L'industrie Primitive et Les Arts a Leur Origine

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Boucher de Perthes (1788–1868) argued that humans lived in the Pleistocene period. He claimed to have discovered flint tools and human bones during excavations in the Somme Valley. Contemporaries doubted his findings but his work contributed to scientific discussions on human evolution. Volume 3 was published in Paris, 1864.