The Birth of ‘Deep Time’
Towards the end of the eighteenth century, one man’s theories about the real age of the Earth transformed the way people thought about how truly ancient the planet is.
His name was James Hutton – the Founder of Modern Geology and the pioneer of Deep Time.
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