Essay on the Theory of the Earth
Georges Cuvier
The book that founded vertebrate paleontology. Cuvier argues from fossil bones that whole species have vanished, and sets out the comparative anatomy method still used to rebuild extinct animals. This edition adds observations on the geology of North America.
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