Origins of Darwin's Evolution by Archibald J. David;

Author:Archibald, J. David;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SCI034000, Science/History, SCI027000, Science/Life Sciences/Evolution
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3)
Published: 2017-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

I have been very lucky with fossil bones; I have fragments of at least 6 distinct animals; as many of them are teeth I trust, shattered & rolled as they have been, they will be recognised. I have paid all the attention, I am capable of, to their geological site, but of course it is too long a story for here.—1st. the Tarsi & Metatarsi very perfect of a Cavia: 2nd the upper jaw & head of some very large animal, with 4 square hollow molars.—& the head greatly produced in front.—I at first thought it belonged either to the Megalonyx or Megatherium.—In confirmation, of this, in the same formation I found a large surface of the osseous polygonal plates, which “late observations” (what are they?) show belong to the Megatherium.—4 Immediately I saw them I thought they must belong to an enormous Armadillo, living species of which genus are so abundant here:5 3d The lower jaw of some large animal, which from the molar teeth, I should think belonged to the Edentata: 4th. some large molar teeth, which in some respects would seem to belong to an enormous Rodentia; 5th, also some smaller teeth belonging to the same order: &c &c.—If it interests you sufficiently to unpack them, I shall be very curious to hear something about them:—Care must be taken, in this case, not to confuse the tallies.—6 They are mingled with marine shells, which appear to me identical with what now exist.—7 But since they were deposited in their beds, several geological changes have taken place in the country. (280)

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