: The Origins of Life—IV, Fossils as Evidence of Past Climates and Conditions '
THAT fossil plants are more satisfactory than fossil animals as indicative of former changes in climate and conditions, is one of the main points in Professor Seward's talk tonight. The atmosphere and the distribution of climatic zones in the coal period, the warm or temperate climates in the polar regions in later periods, and the particular case of Greenland are other aspects of the origins of life dealt with in tonight's talk.