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6 years ago
How did the work of Charles Lyell influence Charles Darwin, as he was forming his theory of evolution by natural selection?
 
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Darwin knew of recent writings by Charles Lyell in which the latter showed, by analyzing geological features, that the age of the earth must have been much older than previously thought. Lyell also showed that slow gradual changes in the earth's features over time could lead to significant geological change. In addition, Darwin knew of fossil findings that showed extinct species that closely resembled modern species.
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