Rethinking Earth History
Part of Hall of Planet Earth.
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Part of Hall of Planet Earth.
They claimed that catastrophes- sudden, violent forces-were the prime sculptors of the planet. Fossils were thought to be the remains of animals that had perished in the biblical Flood, during which sedimentary rocks had also formed. But as the science of geology matured, it became evident that much longer periods of time were necessary to explain many of the Earth’s observable features.