18th-Century Naturalist Believed He’d Discovered an Eyewitness to the Biblical Flood
People have been collecting fossils since prehistoric times, but for most of history, they didn't know what they were. In the Middle Ages, the idea arose that they were the remains of once-living creatures. In the 17th c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/01/16/18th-Century-Naturalist-Believed-Hed-Discovered-an-Eyewitness-to-the-Biblical-Flood/