. Relics of primeval life [microform] : beginning of life in the dawn of geological time. Paleontology; Paléontologie. 194 RELICS OF PRIMEVAL LIFE. '!i fpn Hi. •if ^ ll:l notice of geologists, and at the present moment it seems extremely improbable that any older sedi- ments exist, at least in a condition to be recognised as such. The other is that Eozoon, as a member of the group Protozoa, of gigantic size and comprehen- sive type, and oceanic in its habitat, is as likely as any other creature that can be imagined to have been the first representative of animal life on our planet. Vegetable l
. Relics of primeval life [microform] : beginning of life in the dawn of geological time. Paleontology; Paléontologie. 194 RELICS OF PRIMEVAL LIFE. '!i fpn Hi. •if ^ ll:l notice of geologists, and at the present moment it seems extremely improbable that any older sedi- ments exist, at least in a condition to be recognised as such. The other is that Eozoon, as a member of the group Protozoa, of gigantic size and comprehen- sive type, and oceanic in its habitat, is as likely as any other creature that can be imagined to have been the first representative of animal life on our planet. Vegetable life may have preceded it, nay probably did so by at least one great creative a;on, and may have accumulated previous stores of organic matter ; but if any older forms of animal life existed, it is certain at least that they cannot have belonged to much simpler or more comprehensive types. It is also to be observed that such forms of life, if they did exist, may have been naked protozoa, which may have left no sign of their existence except a minute trace of carbonaceous matter, and perhaps not even this. But if we do not know, and perhaps are not likely to know, any animals older than Eozoon, may we not find traces of some of its contemporaries, either in the Eozoon limestones themselves, or other rocks associated with them ? Here we must admit that a deep-sea Foraminiferal limestone may give a very. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1820-1899. New York; Toronto : F. H. Revell
Size: 818px × 3055px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectpaleontology, bookyea
