Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c4.s26.3

c4.s26.3

CHILDE further advised us, after HUXLEY nearly a century ago, to regard the Ages as "homotaxial", but not as synchronous. That is, it is possible that the same types of tools or assemblages of fossils follow one another in the same order all over the world, but this does not imply that these (tools) must everywhere occupy the same position if aligned according to the series of solar years. Thus we can express this mutual relationship by the term "homotaxial" and avoid the implication of parallel development all over the globe.