Discovery of human antiquity

Discovery of human antiquity

Summary: {{Template}} The '''discovery of human antiquity''' was a major achievement of science in the middle of the 19th century, and the foundation of scientific [[paleoanthropology]]. The '''antiquity of man''', '''human antiquity''', or in simpler language the '''age of the human race''', are names given to the series of scientific debates it involved, which with modifications continue in the 21st century. These debates have clarified and gi…