Editing 1859 in science (section)

==Archaeology==
* May 26 & June 2 – Geologist [[Joseph Prestwich]] and amateur archaeologist [[John Evans (archaeologist)|John Evans]] report (to the [[Royal Society]] and [[Society of Antiquaries of London]], respectively) the results of their investigations of gravel-pits in the [[Somme valley]] and elsewhere, extending [[human history]] back to what will become known as the [[Paleolithic]] Era.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Joseph |last=Prestwich |title=On the Occurrence of Flint-implements, associated with the Remains of Animals of Extinct Species in Beds of a late Geological Period, in France at Amiens and Abbeville, and in England at Hoxne |journal=[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]] |volume=150 |pages=277–317 |doi=10.1098/rstl.1860.0018 |date=January 1860 |hdl=2027/chi.098241705 |s2cid=111126826 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|first=John |last=Evans |title=On the Occurrence of Flint Implements in undisturbed Beds of Gravel, Sand, and Clay |journal=[[Archaeologia (London)|Archaeologia]] |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=280–307 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1428686/files/article.pdf |access-date=2012-02-24 |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |date=January 1860 |doi=10.1017/s0261340900001454 }}</ref>