 Consequently, if the theory be true, it is indisputable that before the lowest Cambrian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer than, the whole interval from the Cambrian age to the present day; and that during...  The American Naturalist - Page 1891896Full view - About this book
 | 1895 - 522 pages
...that "it is indisputable that before the lowest Cambrian stratum was deposited long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer than the whole interval from the Cambrian age to the present day ; and that during these vast periods the world swarmed with living creatures. Here," he says, " we... | |
 | Biology - 1896 - 1172 pages
...these not in their simplest stage, but already divided into their principal orders: the Coalenterate class, for instance, yielding examples of Actinozoa...yet at the origin of life. We are miles away from it probably—miles of rock strata, that is. Between the simplest known microscopic creatures and the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 360 pages
...true, it is indisputable that before the lowest Cambrian stratum was deposited long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer than, the whole interval from the Cambrian age to tlie present day ; and that during these vast periods the world swarmed with living creatures. Here... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1898 - 762 pages
...that it is indisputable that, before the lowest Cambrian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer than, the whole interval from the Cambrian age to the present day ; and that " during these vast periods the world swarmed with living creatures." Darwin then adds :... | |
 | Biology - 1898 - 1094 pages
...that it is indisputable that, before the Lowest Cambrian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer than, the whole interval from the Cambrian age to the present day ; and that "during these vast periods the world swarmed with living creatures." Darwin then adds :... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - American periodicals - 1898 - 764 pages
...that it is indisputable that, before the lowest Cambrian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer than, the whole interval from the Cambrian age to the present day ; and that " during these vast periods the world swarmed with living creatures." Darwin then adds :... | |
 | William Keith Brooks - Science - 1899 - 356 pages
...that " it is indisputable that before the lowest Cambrian stratum was deposited long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer than, the whole...interval from the Cambrian age to the present day, and that during these vast periods the world swarmed with living creatures. Here," he says, "we encounter... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1909 - 584 pages
...true, it is indisputable that before the lowest Cambrian stratum was deposited long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer than, the whole interval from the Cambrian age to the present day ; and that during these vast periods the world swarmed with living creatures. Here we encounter a formidable... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1881 - 810 pages
..."Origin of Species," remarks, that before the Cambrian period commenced long periods had elapsed — probably far longer than the whole interval from the Cambrian age to the present day. Professor Huxley has expressed himself in terms equally strong as to the enormous periods which are... | |
 | A. T. Swaine - Earth - 1913 - 336 pages
...true, it is indisputable that before' the lowest Cambrian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer, than the whole interval from the Cambrian age down to the present day, and that during those vast periods the world swarmed with living creatures."... | |
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