Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the …

Charles Lyell
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Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man. ✨ Charles Lyell (2005). The Geological Evidence of Man, p.49, Cosimo, Inc.
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Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man. ✨ Charles Lyell (2005). The Geological Evidence of Man, p.49, Cosimo, Inc.

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