Question

Answer all the questions given under caption.

Scientific Foundations of Geology, Biology, and Archaeology.

1. When did the real scientific enquiries become stronger?
2. What did the scholars believe through their enquiry and observation?
3. What is Stratigraphy?
4. Mention the name of the oldest university museum in the world?

Answer 1

1. The real scientific inquiries became stronger only around the 15th and 16th centuries CE, with the Renaissance movement in Europe playing an influential role in rational thinking.
2. Through their inquiry and observation, scholars believed that the evidence for the origin of the earth and the organisms lay in the upper layers of the earth.
3. The study of origin, nature, and relationships of rock and soil layers that were formed due to natural and cultural activities.
4. Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University is the oldest university museum in the world.