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James Hutton

In the paleontology & geology section, it just mentions that he "described gradual geological processes operating continuously over deep time," but from reading the article about him, it seems that he also wrote directly about evolution/evolutionism and even suggested natural selection as a possible mechanism. Additionally, according to that article as well as the ones on Geology & History of Geology, he is considered to be "the father of modern geology," perhaps that should be mentioned as well. Yaakovaryeh (talk) 01:58, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

He certainly hinted at evolution, but please recall that Wikipedia is not a reliable source, you must check facts externally. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:20, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Goethe

is missing. See the German-language Wikipedia article, where he is called "the most remarkable precursor of Lamarck and Darwin". This should be either corrected there or integrated here.--Vergänglichkeit (talk) 03:19, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Serious sourcing issues

I'm not sure if this is an issue that plagues the entire article, or just a section, but the sourcing for the "Augustine of Hippo" section is just wildly wrong. A snapshot, taken on August 7 2024, contains the following errors:

First, the big block quote is attributed to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy's "Aristotle: Biology" article, but this quote isn't featured on that page at all (Augustine isn't even in that article's reference list). Either way, a direct reference to De Genesi ad litteram makes way more sense.
I cannot find the "But at least we know [the days of creation] are different from the ordinary day of which we are familiar" quote in the cited source (Science and Civilisation in China), but that might be because I don't have access to the exact edition used? Again, a direct reference to De Genesi ad litteram makes way more sense.
The next big quote cites the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's article on "Lucretius"(?) when, once more, a direct reference to De Genesi ad litteram makes more sense.
The claim "Which has led Francis Collins of Biologos to believe Augustine espoused a form of theistic evolution" is followed up by a footnote to Barth, Origen, and Universal Salvation (2009), which does not mention "Francis Collins" or "Biologos" whatsoever.

Again, I don't know if this is just an issue with the Augustine section, but given the egregiousness of the sourcing here, I think it's worth 'ringing the alarm bell', so to speak.--Gen. Quon_[Talk] 14:23, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the interim, I have cleaned up the errors outlined above.--Gen. Quon_[Talk] 14:36, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]