Impossible Monsters by Michael Taylor

This insightful account describes how fresh scrutiny of ever-increasing, surprisingly diverse fossils, increased geological understanding, as well as other emerging theories regarding evolution, roiled religious doctrine and long-held scientific thinking during the 1800s. As recently as 200 years ago, most educated individuals in western Europe and the U.S. believed that the world began at 6 p.m. on October 22, 4004 BCE, and that excavated animal skeletons belonged to unfortunate creatures that missed Noah's ark. The battle between science & religion is not just for our generation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL6DtYn4lWU 50 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhaja2-kNns 41 min
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