History_of_Geologyさんのイラストまとめ

April 15, 1993, died #OTD, geophysicist & geologist John Tuzo Wilson, who argued for the existence of “hotspot" and introduced transform faults into plate tectonics. The Wilson cycle explains the periodic origins of oceans & mountains ⛰️🏖️
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April 6, 1821, the description of the very first ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs by William Conybeare published. Both fossils were found by palaeontologist Mary Anning 🪨🔨
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April 1, 1832, Charles #Darwin's falls for an #AprilFoolsDay prank 🐟
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March 14, 1835, Charles #Darwin sets off on an expedition into the Andes, where he collects #fossils and sketches #geology ✏️
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March 10, 1709, birthday of German zoologist and Siberia explorer Georg Wilhelm #Steller. The figure - from his travel account - shows the smoking Klyuchevskoy #volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula, the highest (4.649m) active volcano of #Eurasia 🌋
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March 9, 1847, Mary Anning dies at the age of 47. Her fossil discoveries were some of the most significant paleontological finds of all time ⚒️
https://t.co/X3GBFL5Vl0

"The Descent of Man" by cartoonist Peter Brookes for The Times

February 13, 1766, birthday of Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus. His writings on #society and #economy influenced Charles #Darwin to include the struggle for limited resources in his evolutionary theory https://t.co/H6rPO2x3tb

February 12, 1809, birthday of Victorian naturalist and 'rockhound' aboard the H.M.S. Beagle - Charles R. #Darwin 🪨🔨 #DarwinDay
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