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Both James Hutton and Charles Lyell are considered the fathers of uniformitarianism geology. Uniformitarianism geology is all that has been taught since shortly after the word geology was coined in 1778. Although catastrophism geology is alive and well among many geologists, currently the word geology connotes uniformitarianism.

It is not that Hutton and Lyell are competing for the title of father. James Hutton is credited with lying the foundation of uniformitarianism geology by questioning the then current belief that the sedimentary rock strata was laid down by Noah's worldwide flood. Hutton saw evidence of multiple deposition events and subsequent upheavals and igneous intrusions that revealed a long history of the earth. Although it would appear that much of that evidence would point to catastrophism, Hutton saw only uniformitarianism.

Although 45 years went by before Hutton's ideas really had a significance influence, at that time, Charles Lyell added a chronology of the rock layers called the geologic column and added age dates and names to the layers. So Hutton laid the conceptual foundation for uniformitarianism geology and Lyell built the structure of geology upon that foundation.

The uniformitarianism concept, along with its mandatory accompanying old earth philosophy, provided the primary influence for Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. Together these ideas have caused a paradigm shift from a biblical creationist, young earth worldview to a humanistic, evolutionary old earth worldview

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It didn't really have a name, but there had been no real scientific theory and most people's ideas were based on stories from The Bible.

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Who explained that the geological processes seen happening on the earth now have shaped Earths geological features over long periods of time?

Charles Lyell explained this process with his theory of uniformitarianism.


What major contribution did James Hutton and sir Charles Lyell make to the field of geology?

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What idea was changed by the work of James Hutton Charles Lyell?

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What ideas changed by the work of James Hutton and Charles Lyell?

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What were Hutton's and Lyell's ideas about the age of the earth and the processes that shape the planet?

they had many different answers to it they showed that earth was fromed by natural forces and how awesome geological features could be built or torn down over long periods of time


Who influenced Darwin's idea that life could change slowly over a long period of time?

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How Hutton's and lyell's ideas about the formation of the Earth influenced Darwin's ideas about evolution?

Hutton and Lyell studied the geological changes that shaped earth and recognized that the processes that shaped Earth in the past are the same processes that operate in the present. This influenced Darwin's theory of evolution because it shows, that things are constantly changing on earth (the enviorment) so why can't organisms?


Who most influenced Darwin's ideas that life could change slowly over a long period of time?

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How did Hutton's and Lyell's views of earth different from that of most people of their time?

Hutton and Lyell's view of the earth was that it was over 6,000 years old, and no others at that time did not believe so.


How did Hutton and Lyell views of earth different from that of most people of their time?

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Current geological thinking most closely follows?

neptunism ^ False "Following Hutton was Charles Lyell (1797-1875). Lyell is internationally recognized for having introduced the uniformitarian theory, which he published in his writings "The Principles of Geology." This theory is often referred to informally by the phrase "The present is the key to the past". Uniformitarian theory is foundational to current geological thinking." Its uniformitarian we follow.