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Apparently it was Darwin developing his theory of evolution, who first realized that the Earth and thus the Sun must be much older than a chemical burning proce
by cft 6y ago
Apparently it was Darwin developing his theory of evolution, who first realized that the Earth and thus the Sun must be much older than a chemical burning process would support. That left him very puzzled since there was no physics theory that could support that.
- perilunar 6y agoAlthough Charles Lyell had already suggested the Earth was much older than 6000 years in Principles of Geology in 1830. Darwin took the first volume of Lyell's book with him on the Beagle.