Part 3: Geologic Time Scale & Principles

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Q: How was the geologic time scale assembled?

A: Using Steno’s principles (superposition, horizontality, continuity, cross-cutting, inclusions), Hutton’s unconformities, and Smith’s faunal succession

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Q: What is the Principle of Faunal Succession?

A: Fossils occur in strata in a consistent, predictable order

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Q: How did Darwin explain faunal succession?

A: Through evolution and extinction (Origin of Species, 1859)

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