Geologists made the first discoveries that questioned  the biblical teachings of god as creator
	• Leonardo Da Vinci (1452‑1519) was a self made geologist. He realized the notion of sedimentation representing a time line with the older fossils lying beneath those that were newer.  The presence of fossilized creatures atop mountains that clearly came from the sea suggested to Da Vinci that the earth had undergone great geological changes, such that mountains now stood where the sea had once been.