“Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe.”

About Georges Cuvier

Scientist • French

Georges Cuvier was a highly influential French naturalist and zoologist, often regarded as the father of paleontology. He was a major figure in the natural sciences in Paris during the early 19th century, establishing...