ANTH 1131 Lecture Notes - James Ussher
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Europe was dominated by the catholic church up until the late. Biblical frameworks were provided by the church and priests during 1500. Average person will have no questions about the world around them. Only a small amount of educated people will be smart enough to ask questions. Most of them will get into trouble. It gave a limit to the world"s surroundings said that ever since the world was created things were the same way as it is now: fixed species, no transition/evolution. Went through the bible and analyzed the family tree of the biblical figures. Gave a date as to when the earth was created. And when adam and eve were created. People would simply accept it as a literal truth. 1600-1700, people start to question the biblical framework. What you called naturalist back then objected against it. Going out and examining the world around them. Depositions of rock: the earth existed longer than 6000 years old.
