ANTH 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jacques Boucher De Crèvecœur De Perthes, James Ussher, James Hutton
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Quiz material last wednesday and monday lectures. Medieval europe = early roman period near east. Tolkin"s middle earth books were based on this medieval. The past in the middle ages considered as thunderstones . Prehistoric hand axes that were found in plowed fields were. These were sold to goldsmiths during the middle ages. The jewish calendar that counts years since creation was first introduced in the 4th century ce. According to this calendar the world is 5776 years old. Further documented antiquity of the earth with work on erosion. Vast scales of space allowed acceptance of vast scales of time. Noted formation of sedimentary rock, on scottish coats suggested great antiquity of earth. The speed of light and gravity do not change with time. The rate of sedimentation in oceans is very slow. Due to the enormous depth of deposition, the world must be very production. Advanced study of stratigraphy: defined the concept of.
