Nicolas Steno, regarded by many as the Father of Stratigraphy, has been honored on today's Google search page with a "Google Doodle," showing layers of fossil-bearing strata: Steno, who was born on January 11, 1638, wrote a paper on fossiliferous rocks in which he outlined what are now known as Steno's principles of stratigraphy. He …

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