...PALAEONTOLOGY "The primary and direct evidence in favour of evolution can be furnished only by palaeontology. The geological record, so soon as it approaches completeness,...left; if it has not taken place there will lie its refutation."—TH Huxley. "The geological record is not so hopelessly incomplete as Darwin believed...

...direct evidence in favour of evolution can be furnished only by palaeontology [the study of fossils] . The geological record, so soon as it approaches completeness,...yield either an affirmative or a negative answer." Since Huxley, a great deal of evidence has been collected from the rocks, and, though we find ourselves...

...and direct evidence in favour of evolution," said Huxley, " can be furnished only by paleontology. The geological record, so soon as it approaches completeness,...has not taken place, there will lie its refutation." That the mark of evolution has very plainly been left in the record of the rocks can hardly be doubted...

...put it, " primary and direct evidence in favour of evolution can be furnished only by palaeontology. The geological record, so soon as it approaches completeness,...has not taken place, there will lie its refutation." Great, however, as were Huxley's contributions to the progress of science, it was not these that earned...

...assent. Primary and direct evidence in favour of Evolution can be furnished only by palaeontology. The geological record, so soon as it approaches completeness,...refutation. What was the state of matters in 1859? Let 11S hear Mr. Darwin, who may be trusted always to state the case against himself as strongly as possible....