description: Excerpt from Life on the Earth: Its Origin and SuccessionUnder the title Caenozoic, I wish the reader to comprehend with me not only the Eocene, Meiocene, and Pleiocene of Lyell, but the whole series of Supra cretaceous deposits; the latest geological age being chieﬂy distinguishable by the presence and activity of man, for whom the Book of the Strata, inscribed with the earlier Wonders of Nature, has been given to be Opened with care and deciphered with reverence, by the help of comparison with the living inhabitants of the Land and Sea.
language: English
title: Life on the Earth
titlecomplete: Life on the Earth
publisher: Ayer Co Pub