History of Geology

Only a small part of rocks are stable on earth´s surface, as widespread erosion and alteration shows. Magmatic rocks, like granite, crumble...

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The first colonists arrived on Hawai´i probably in the years 800-1.000. Lacking a written history their nevertheless developed a rich oral ...

Fig.1. Medieval engraving of a scala naturae showing the "ladder" concept. The words on the steps read : rocks, flame (as a ch...

„ Su le dentate scintillanti vette,  salta il camoscio,  tuona la valanga da' ghiacci immani rotolando per le selve scroscianti;  ma...

Many of the threats encountered on the X-Files are not of this world, but even aliens seem normal when compared to some of our world´s inse...

Mulder: "But, but what if through some fluke of nature, a human was born, who reverted to it's most animal instincts, a kind of ca...