A forgotten theory on the origin of fossils: Daines Barrinaton's concept (1781)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A forgotten theory on the origin of fossils: Daines Barrinaton's concept (1781)

Published:2001-02 Issue:1 Volume:28 Page:123-133
ISSN:0260-9541
Container-title:Archives of Natural History
language:en
Short-container-title:Archives of Natural History

Author:

SARJEANT WILLIAM A. S.,MITCHELL TRENT A.

Abstract

The occurrence in rocks of the remains of creatures, either resembling those still living or distinctively different from them, generated many theories, from a belief that they were relics of the Noachian flood to the concept that they were products of crystallization processes within rocks. Daines Barrington (1727–1800) challenged the idea that they were relics of the flood and instead proposed that they were products of the activity of insects underground.

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Subject

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),History,Anthropology

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