That's why a number of sedimentary formations formed at the time when the new continent was subjected to gradual increase, would seem to present the clear evidence speaking in favor of progressivity in total organic forms. Earth, rising thus in the midst of extensive ocean, especially form the layers, not enclosing fossils, then the layers containing only the lower forms of marine animals, further layers, containing higher marine forms, ascending to fishes, and finally, the layers lying on top of these latest, will contain the remains of the first reptiles, then small mammals, then great, all is as it seems to us, is derived from all known laws of organic life. If the order of the fossils introducing the layers of the imaginary of the new continent, so close suits to order, notice us in our own sedimentary layers shouldn't we come to the conclusion that very easily could be that the ranks our fossil layers not testify about other than about the phenomena accompanying one of these vast increases in soil? And as soon as we let's say the probability of this inference, we must confess that the facts paleontology can never serve as a sufficient proof for acceptance or refutation of the hypothesis of gradual development, the greatest that they can do this is to show, in harmony or not with this hypothesis the last few pages of the biological history of the Earth, or perhaps it is impossible to trace the connection between the flora and fauna that exist now, and flora and fauna the closest geological eras.
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That's why
a number of sedimentary formations formed at the time when the new continent
was subjected to gradual increase, would seem to present the
clear evidence speaking in favor of progressivity in total
organic forms. Earth, rising thus in the midst of extensive
ocean, especially form the layers, not enclosing fossils,
then the layers containing only the lower forms of marine animals, further layers,
containing higher marine forms, ascending to fishes, and finally, the layers lying
on top of these latest, will contain the remains of the first reptiles, then
small mammals, then great, all is as it seems to us, is derived from
all known laws of organic life. If the order of the fossils
introducing the layers of the imaginary of the new continent, so close
suits to order, notice us in our own sedimentary layers
shouldn't we come to the conclusion that very easily could be that the ranks
our fossil layers not testify about other than about the phenomena
accompanying one of these vast increases in soil? And as soon as we
let's say the probability of this inference, we must confess that the facts
paleontology can never serve as a sufficient proof for
acceptance or refutation of the hypothesis of gradual development, the greatest that
they can do this is to show, in harmony or not with this hypothesis
the last few pages of the biological history of the Earth, or perhaps
it is impossible to trace the connection between the flora and fauna that exist now, and
flora and fauna the closest geological eras.
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