Table of Contents
- 1 What did Lyell say about the age of the Earth?
- 2 What was Hutton and Lyell’s view of Earth’s history?
- 3 How did Hutton Cuvier and Lyell help form the theory of evolution?
- 4 Why was Lyell’s idea of Uniformitarianism so important to Darwin’s theory of evolution?
- 5 How did Lyell’s book Influence Darwin?
- 6 What was Lyell’s argument?
What did Lyell say about the age of the Earth?
Concluding that Earth is ancient (Lyell’s estimate was several hundred million years old, as compared to the currently accepted age of 4.6 billion years) directly contradicted the book of Genesis.
What was Hutton and Lyell’s view of Earth’s history?
James Hutton. Along with Charles Lyell, James Hutton developed the concept of uniformitarianism. He believed Earth’s landscapes like mountains and oceans formed over long period of time through gradual processes. However, prior to 1830, uniformitarianism was not the prevailing theory.
How did Hutton Cuvier and Lyell help form the theory of evolution?
Terms in this set (72) How did Hutton’s and Lyell’s ideas influences Darwin’s thinking about evolution? They proposed that geologic events in the past were caused by the same processes operating today, at the same gradual rate. This suggested that Earth must be much older than a few thousand years.
How did Lyell’s observations about changes in Earth’s geological features inspire naturalists ideas about changes in life forms on Earth?
Lyell found evidence that valleys were formed through the slow process of erosion, not by catastrophic floods. Lyell traveled through Europe to find more evidence that gradual changes, the same we can see happening today, had produced the features of the Earth’s surface.
What was Lyell’s argument about Earth’s land features and what did it cause Darwin to question about the mountains?
What was Lyell’s argument about earth’s land features and what did it cause Darwin to question about the mountains? Lyell argued that some of Earth’s features resulted from gradual processes acting over long time periods.
Why was Lyell’s idea of Uniformitarianism so important to Darwin’s theory of evolution?
Uniformitarianism inspired Darwin that species of plants and animals could possibly change slowly given enough time, and this would mean the Earth is very old. Darwin postulated that slow uniform processes explained the biological structures observed today.
How did Lyell’s book Influence Darwin?
Darwin took Lyell’s book,Principles of Geology, with him on the Beagle. In the book, Lyell argued that gradual geological processes have gradually shaped Earth’s surface. From this, Lyell inferred that Earth must be far older than most people believed.
What was Lyell’s argument?
Evolution: Library: Charles Lyell: Principles of Geology.