Making Deep History: Zeal, Perseverance, and the Time Revolution of 1859

by Clive Gamble

Book Overview

One afternoon in late April 1859 two geologically minded businessmen, John Evans and Joseph Prestwich, found and photographed the proof for great human antiquity. Their evidence -- small, hand-held stone tools found in the gravel quarries of the Somme among the bones of ancient animals -- shattered the timescale of Genesis and kicked open the door for a time revolution in human history.

In the space of a calendar year, and at a furious pace,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198870698
• ISBN13: 9780198870692
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"