Fossils

• Edward Lhuyd
  Edward Lhuyd
  Edward Lhuyd was a Welsh naturalist, botanist, linguist, geographer and antiquary. He is also known by the Latinized form of his name, Eduardus Luidius....
  
  , a Welsh naturalist, speculates that fossils form when the minute spawn
  Gamete
  A gamete is a cell that fuses with another cell during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually...
  
  of oceanic life is carried inland by air currents and is forced to germinate inside of rocks.