Essay on the Theory of the Earth, 1813

Auteur: Cuvier, Georges
Editeur: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Based at the Parisian Museum of Natural History, Cuvier compared the fossil bones he dug from the quarries of Montmartre with those of animals alive today. Guided by the principle of correlation, he 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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Based at the Parisian Museum of Natural History, Cuvier compared the fossil bones he dug from the quarries of Montmartre with those of animals alive today. Guided by the principle of correlation, he reconstructed extinct creatures from the incomplete skeletons he unearthed. This process is described in his "Essay on the Theory of the Earth".
ISBN / EAN 9780415289238
Auteur Cuvier, Georges
Editeur Taylor & Francis Ltd