From: Adam 

Paul Ranson wrote:
> 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



Adam

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