Man and the Glacial Period - 1892
April 2024 George Frederick Wright's book "Man and the Glacial Period", published in 1896, was an influential work that explored the relationship between the Ice Age and human evolution. Some key points about the book:- Wright was an American geologist and professor at Oberlin Theological Seminary who wrote extensively on topics connecting science and religion[1]. In this book, he argued for a form of theistic evolution.- "Man and the Glacial Period" was part of the International Science Library series published by The Werner Company in Akron, Ohio around 1900[3]. The series included other notable works on evolution and science.- The book discussed the evidence for the existence of humans during the Pleistocene glacial period, also known as the Ice Age[4]. Wright examined how the glaciers and climate changes of that era impacted the development and distribution of early human populations.- "Man and the Glacial Period" was an important early work that helped establish the idea that humans coexisted with extinct megafauna and adapted to the dramatic environmental changes of the Pleistocene[4]. It was influential in the field of human evolution in the late 19th century.So in summary, George Frederick Wright's 1896 book "Man and the Glacial Period" was a pioneering study that explored the relationship between the Ice Age and human origins, and was part of a significant series on science and evolution published in the late 1800s[3][4].Citations:[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Wright [2] https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48661/48661-h/48661-h.htm [3] https://www.library.kent.edu/files/CanvassingBookletPRINT.pdf [4] https://www.academia.edu/42671793/Human_Evolution [5] https://mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Money%20and%20the%20Mechanism%20of%20Exchange_2.pdf Source: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-is-the-_ruOU1DRSte0Si1H_SH7fg#0 George Frederick Wright (January 22, 1838 – April 20, 1921) was an American geologist and a professor at Oberlin Theological Seminary, first of New Testament language and literature (1881 – 1892), and then of "harmony of science and revelation" (until retirement in 1907). He wrote prolifically, publishing works in geology, history, and theology. Early in his career he was an outspoken defender of Darwinism, and later in life he emphasised his commitment to a form of theistic evolution. Source: wikipediaVoice Note TranscriptionMan in the glacial period was written by george frederick wright in 1892it's an exploration of the relationship between the ice age and human evolution it's uh covers a wide range of topics has some really interesting drawings george frederick wright was a geologist and professor professor at Oberlin, and science and religion were sort of coming into contact with each other. Wright was a defender of Darwinism. He did have a commitment to theistic evolution, which I believe means uh this idea that uh god and god acts through the laws of nature um so i had a number of images in here that i thought were very interesting number seven is a map of the uk and this whole exhibit goes sort of all around the world and covers a lot of different subjects um uh and places so map of england read for i think where the glaciers were then image number. 12it's a lovely picture of the zermatt glacier and then we go to alaska in image number 17with the kenai peninsula not the kenai peninsula the southeastern part of alaska and the town of. Sitka. Then we go to page 27,where there's this area of Wisconsin, the driftless area of Wisconsin. So apparently in the glacial, there was a portion of the glaciers that didn't move. I think that's what that idea is. That's page 27.Then we go to page 30,where I learned about drumlins, which sound like gremlins, but not. They're little mounds that are left by the glaciers. And there's a bunch of them in Boston. How about that? In Newton, Brookline, and so forth, right around Boston College. So that's kind of cool. Then we go to page 42,where there's a map of the North Pole, which hadn't yet been, man had not been to the North pole. It was only 15-20years after the open polar sea was debunked. And so there's a lot of arrows on this map of where the glaciers were going to. And then we go to page 44,map of France, pretty cool with glacial movements there. And then page 69.69,where we've got, sorry, 64first, the New York -New Jersey border was a glacial boundary. Who would have known that? And then page 69with implements from the glacial period, man -made implements. And then there's images of animals. I learned about a musk oxen, a musk sheep, it's called. I thought it was musk ox, but they call it musk sheep. And this book even gets into solar orbits on page 92.And on page 93,the movement of the Gulf Stream and other currents in the ocean and there was even a page i don't know if i covered this of my hometown the twin cities uh i think that was 6454.Anyway it's it's a wild ride a lot of really interesting maps and i encourage you to enjoy these images.
