Show creation d of pe antedates animal life V OIL is of inor inorganic t anic origin having been ladeby the interaction of certain elements inside the earths crust while that body was aging into its present another theory is that it is of organic origin this lattea is the most generally accepted and it has the wk bulb of to support it even though most of it is circumstantial according to this theory oil was formed through an unusual and gradual breaking up of vast amounts of organic matter some of this organic matter was plant life but most of it was animal life and microscopic animal life at that F knowing g the countless billions or of gallons of petroleum that have been taken from the earth and knowing of the billions of gallons that still remain in the mighty subterranean reservoirs this might seem a bit incredible but chatas that Is because we are unable to realize e the extent of bf a million years or the number nuat e j of animals that can live and that time me process which eventually led to the creation of petroleum started hundreds of millions of years before the first erst blade of 0 grass rass grew or before the first bit of animal life moved about on dry land pathfinder magazine |