What is unique about Humans?
Humans are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.
Eliot BlackwelderBorn 4 Jun 1880; died 14 Jan 1969 at age 88. American geologist who contributed much to the field of geomorphology, especially on the origin and evolution of desert landscapes and mountain glaciation research in the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada and in China. In his early career, at the University of Wisconsin, he taught the first course in sedimentation in the U.S. (1912-13). He investigated the site and surrounding area proposed for the Hoover Dam. Blackwelder was an early proponent of the theory that it was indeed an impact origin for Meteor Crater in Arizona. After shorter times spent at other universities, he became professor of geology at Stanford University until his retirement (1922-45). Among the offices he held with various associations, he served a term as president of the Geological Society of America. He is the father of zoologist, Richard E. Blackwelder.« |
