From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Paul Ranson wrote:
> I don't think that's inconsistent. Darwin saw something for himself and it
> made him think.
>

Yup. But after strata smith had put forward his "oooo the world's an
old place" theory".

cracking the "garden of eden woz 4000 BC" asunder.

Adam

> Paul
>
> "Adam"  wrote in message
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>>Paul Ranson wrote:
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>>>It's a proof of evolution, it doesn't prove evolution. But it supports
>>>it.
>>>
>>>And the logic of natural selection is, well, logical. This is a
>>>completely abstract proposition. Darwin wrote it that way, and then found
>>>evidence in nature to support the proposition.
>>>
>>>At the time of Darwin 'Young Earth' was the assumption, Darwin found sea
>>>shells high in the Andes and wondered how they got there. The conclusion
>>>that the earth  might be very much older than 6000 years was part of the
>>>insight that lead to evolution.
>>>
>>
>>Cough cough ummm...t'was a local Scarborough Lad working in the valley I
>>live in....
>>
>>William "Strata" Smith.
>>
>>http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/relative.html
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>>Adam
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