Formation Of The Earth Quotes

“Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe.”
― Georges Cuvier, Discours sur les Révolutions du Globe, Etudes sur L'Ibis et Memoire sur La Venus Hottentote

“...the life of the planet began the long, slow process of modulating and regulating the physical conditions of the planet. The oxygen in today's atmosphere is almost entirely the result of photosynthetic living, which had its start with the appearance of blue-green algae among the microorganisms.”
― Lewis Thomas, Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony