uniformitarianism
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 25 Dec
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The term 'uniformitarianism' describes the geological principle that the Earth's features are shaped by continuous and consistent processes over long periods.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentCaroline WintererAmerican History Hit · How Did Fossils Change America? · 5:31 · 25 Dec
…So they begin to hit upon this concept that today is called uniformitarianism, which is a fancy way of saying that the processes that we observe around us today are also occurring probably in the past.…
American History HitHow Old is America? · 9:31 · Dec 2024
…Uniformitarianism, this idea of slow, boring, non-catastrophic changes becomes a substitute for catastrophic flood stories like the story of Noah.…
American History HitHow Old is America? · 5:54 · Dec 2024
…So they begin to hit upon this concept that today is called uniformitarianism, which is a fancy way of saying that the processes that we observe around us today are also occurring probably in the past. And that's crucial for the idea of deep time, that things happened long ago, the way they are happening now.…
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