Johann Beringer’s Lying Stones

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In the early 18th century, Johann Bartholomew Adam Beringer (chair of natural history at the University of W?rzburg and chief physician to the Prince-Bishop of W?rzburg) enthusiastically participated in the discussion about the origin of fossils. Were they traces of Real Plants and Animals, indicating that the earth was older, some other natural process, or part of the biblical creation? Single-minded and with a high opinion of his intellectual abilities, Beringer was open to simple but devastating deception.