Professor Caroline Winterer

And one of the huge debates of the time was whether the trilobites had had eyes. It was unclear in the fossil record because they're soft tissues. They had disappeared. But they did imagine that God must have given them eyes because God would have wanted them to see and enjoy the beautiful sunlit waters of the infant oceans.

And one of the huge debates of the time was whether the trilobites had had eyes. It was unclear in the fossil record because they're soft tissues. They had disappeared. But they did imagine that God must have given them eyes because God would have wanted them to see and enjoy the beautiful sunlit waters of the infant oceans.

And one of the huge debates of the time was whether the trilobites had had eyes. It was unclear in the fossil record because they're soft tissues. They had disappeared. But they did imagine that God must have given them eyes because God would have wanted them to see and enjoy the beautiful sunlit waters of the infant oceans.

So they created a new Eden around the trilobites, God's first created beings. then came right on top, was later called the Carboniferous. These are the huge fossil forests that gave us the industrial age.

So they created a new Eden around the trilobites, God's first created beings. then came right on top, was later called the Carboniferous. These are the huge fossil forests that gave us the industrial age.

So they created a new Eden around the trilobites, God's first created beings. then came right on top, was later called the Carboniferous. These are the huge fossil forests that gave us the industrial age.

And contrary to our own era, where we wring our hands about all the pollution that we've put into the air that is causing climate change, because we've essentially taken these fossil forests and aerosolized them, right? We've put them into the atmosphere where they're causing warming.

And contrary to our own era, where we wring our hands about all the pollution that we've put into the air that is causing climate change, because we've essentially taken these fossil forests and aerosolized them, right? We've put them into the atmosphere where they're causing warming.

And contrary to our own era, where we wring our hands about all the pollution that we've put into the air that is causing climate change, because we've essentially taken these fossil forests and aerosolized them, right? We've put them into the atmosphere where they're causing warming.

People in the 19th century, both in Britain and America, when they found the fossil forests, which are basically oil deposits, right? They said, oh, well, this is a sign once again of God's love for his human creatures. He has given us the capacity to warm ourselves

People in the 19th century, both in Britain and America, when they found the fossil forests, which are basically oil deposits, right? They said, oh, well, this is a sign once again of God's love for his human creatures. He has given us the capacity to warm ourselves

People in the 19th century, both in Britain and America, when they found the fossil forests, which are basically oil deposits, right? They said, oh, well, this is a sign once again of God's love for his human creatures. He has given us the capacity to warm ourselves

and to create light in the darkness, God's first forests, or the forest primeval, as the poet Longfellow called them, were God's gift from the past to the present day. So that was another key marker.

and to create light in the darkness, God's first forests, or the forest primeval, as the poet Longfellow called them, were God's gift from the past to the present day. So that was another key marker.

and to create light in the darkness, God's first forests, or the forest primeval, as the poet Longfellow called them, were God's gift from the past to the present day. So that was another key marker.

Yes. So think of a Louisiana bayou, a big swap with atmosphere and clouds, and then dragonflies the size of small gliders floating. centipedes, you know, the size of a Volkswagen. These were places that are fun to imagine, you wouldn't want to be there. And they actually started making paintings of them.

Yes. So think of a Louisiana bayou, a big swap with atmosphere and clouds, and then dragonflies the size of small gliders floating. centipedes, you know, the size of a Volkswagen. These were places that are fun to imagine, you wouldn't want to be there. And they actually started making paintings of them.

Yes. So think of a Louisiana bayou, a big swap with atmosphere and clouds, and then dragonflies the size of small gliders floating. centipedes, you know, the size of a Volkswagen. These were places that are fun to imagine, you wouldn't want to be there. And they actually started making paintings of them.

And actually, all of our greenhouses of the present era are ultimately descended from the first greenhouses of the 19th century, which were meant to recreate the tropical foliage of the Carboniferous. They had a love affair with the Carboniferous because this was going to save us from the lot of humanity for the last however many thousand years, which was to be dark, cold, tired.

And actually, all of our greenhouses of the present era are ultimately descended from the first greenhouses of the 19th century, which were meant to recreate the tropical foliage of the Carboniferous. They had a love affair with the Carboniferous because this was going to save us from the lot of humanity for the last however many thousand years, which was to be dark, cold, tired.