Compared to the age of the Earth accepted as correct today, how did seventeenth and eighteenth century proponents of catastrophism envision the Earth's age?

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Karlee Kramer

5 November, 05:12

Compared to the age of the Earth accepted as correct today, how did seventeenth and eighteenth century proponents of catastrophism envision the Earth's age?

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Elisa Cardenas · Answer 1

C) They believed Earth to be much younger than current estimates.

Explanation:

The proponents of the 18 and the 17th centuries believed that the earth was shaped by a strong and a violent forces such as the erosion that created the earth's geologic features and had a recent origin.