LEADER 02067nam 2200433 450 001 9910830061303321 005 20230630003407.0 010 $a1-119-69848-0 010 $a1-119-69847-2 010 $a1-119-82862-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000011953296 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6639316 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6639316 035 $a(OCoLC)1256238128 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011953296 100 $a20220201d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInvestigating fossils $ea history of palaeontology /$fWilson J. Wall 210 1$aHoboken, New Jersey :$cWiley-Blackwell,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (256 pages) 311 $a1-119-69845-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Part of the complex relationship which society has had over the centuries with fossils is at least in part associated with the conceptual problem of exactly how fossils are formed. It was not always assumed that these structures were plant or animal in origin, for a very good reason. From the earliest years of a monotheistic culture, the mortal remains were seen as disposable, epitomised by the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 where the funeral oratory includes the well-known 'earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust' indicating almost by redundant usage that mortal remains will not survive in any shape or form. So it was naturally assumed that with this authority, everything would disappear, and if nothing remained, those stone-like inclusions within rocks could not possibly be animal or plant in origin."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPaleontology$xHistory 615 0$aPaleontology$xHistory. 676 $a560.9 700 $aWall$b W. J$g(Wilson J.),$0833847 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830061303321 996 $aInvestigating fossils$94116988 997 $aUNINA