Essay on the Theory of the Earth - The Evolution Debate, 1813-1870

Georges Cuvier, David M. Knight, Robert Jameson

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Based at the Parisian Museum of Natural History, Cuvier was able to compare the fossil bones he dug from the quarries of Montmartre with those of animals alive today. Guided by the principle of correlation, that all the parts of an animal must cohere, and by analogy, with living species, Cuvier boldly reconstructed extinct creatures from the incomplete skeletons he unearthed. This process is described in his Essay on the Theory of the Earth.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780415289238
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	27 Nov 2003
DEWEY:	576.82
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	296
Weight:	590g
Height:	234mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	27mm