azoic
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Scientists long ago clung to the "azoic hypothesis" about the deep -- the presumption that nothing could possibly be alive so far from the photosynthetic world.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2010
We may infer, then, that the strata deposited next after the almost "azoic" strata, would contain the remains of invertebrata, allied to those found near the shores of Australia and South America.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
The total absence of any trace of fossils has inclined many geologists to attribute the origin of the most ancient strata to an azoic period, or one antecedent to the existence of organic beings.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
Prior to and in the azoic age we have nothing in the universe but matter and force, and according to Mr. Spencer, not only an unknown force, but also an unseen and an unknowable force.
From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 11, November, 1880 by Aaron Walker
He has explored portions of that continent as far down as the azoic rocks, and made many important discoveries as to the past life of the globe.
From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright
