Charles Lyell | "In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers."

"In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers."

Charles Lyell, British Lawyer

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"In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers."

"All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full."

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"The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years."

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"In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers."

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"In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect stumps of trees, with their roots attached, buried in strata at different heights, one over the other."

Banks

"I long ago suggested the hypothesis, that in the basin of the Thames there are indications of a meeting in the Pleistocene period of a northern and southern fauna."

Meeting

"So far, therefore, as we can draw safe conclusions from a single specimen, there has been no marked change of race in the human population of Switzerland during the periods above considered."

Change

"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."

Man

"In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it."

Feet

"That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be detected in the older alluvium of European valleys, I confidently expect."

Curiosity

"It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central part of Scotland, there are lines of raised beaches, containing marine shells of the same species as those now inhabiting the neighbouring sea."

Fact

"In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation."

Discovery

"In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers."

River

"When on my return to England I showed the cast of the cranium to Professor Huxley, he remarked at once that it was the most ape-like skull he had ever beheld."

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"All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full."

Author Name

Personal Development

"The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years."

Author Name

Personal Development

"In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers."

Author Name

Personal Development

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"In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect stumps of trees, with their roots attached, buried in strata at different heights, one over the other."

Banks

"I long ago suggested the hypothesis, that in the basin of the Thames there are indications of a meeting in the Pleistocene period of a northern and southern fauna."

Meeting

"So far, therefore, as we can draw safe conclusions from a single specimen, there has been no marked change of race in the human population of Switzerland during the periods above considered."

Change

"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."

Man

"In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it."

Feet

"That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be detected in the older alluvium of European valleys, I confidently expect."

Curiosity

"It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central part of Scotland, there are lines of raised beaches, containing marine shells of the same species as those now inhabiting the neighbouring sea."

Fact

"In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation."

Discovery

"In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers."

River

"When on my return to England I showed the cast of the cranium to Professor Huxley, he remarked at once that it was the most ape-like skull he had ever beheld."

England