ABSTRACT
Contributors to this volume frequently alluded to ways of perceiving the skin beyond that of a mere bodily part or a platform for disease. Many of these perceptions bear a striking similarity to geo-history. 1 Geo-history depicts the accurate, orderly and rational description and interpretation of variable characteristics at the earth's surface — and that of its underlying strata — over the course of time. 2 Additionally, the term encompasses explanations of the life forms whose existence depends upon interaction with surface substances or with subterranean strata.
