What did Buckland initially believe he found evidence of?
Biblical Exodus
Biblical Flood
Adam and Eve
The creation of man
Answer
Buckland initially believed he found evidence of the Biblical Flood when he studied the strata in the rocks at Gibraltar. He thought that the layers of rock showed evidence of a great flood, which was described in the Bible. However, later scientists found that the rocks were not formed by a flood, but by other geological processes.
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