Charles Lyells argument in this classic volume is that the processes of natureare slow and uniform and that the Earth is in consequence hundreds of millionsof y... » 

Charles Lyells argument in this classic volume is that the processes of natureare slow and uniform and that the Earth is in consequence hundreds of millionsof years old. This work includes his prediction that if our nearest relativesare great apes then the places to look for human fossils will be centralAfrica and Indonesia. «