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9 de mai. de 2024 · Georges Cuvier (born August 23, 1769, Montbéliard [now in France]—died May 13, 1832, Paris, France) was a French zoologist and statesman, who established the sciences of comparative anatomy and paleontology.
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Há 1 dia · In 1796, Georges Cuvier published his findings on the differences between living elephants and those found in the fossil record. His analysis identified mammoths and mastodons as distinct species, different from any living animal, and effectively ended a long-running debate over whether a species could become extinct. [54]
Há 1 dia · Georges Cuvier strongly disputed such ideas, holding that unrelated, fixed species showed similarities that reflected a design for functional needs. His palæontological work in the 1790s had established the reality of extinction, which he explained by local catastrophes , followed by repopulation of the affected areas by other species.
Há 6 dias · La fameuse dissection de Saartjie Baartman par Georges Cuvier vers 1815 apparaît ici à juste titre comme un épisode révélateur de modes de pensée et de pratiques alors ordinaires (p. 42-43, 82-86).
28 de abr. de 2024 · Georges Cuvier El evolucionismo es una teoría científica que explica cómo las especies cambian a lo largo del tiempo debido a la selección natural y la herencia genética. Propone que todas las formas de vida en la Tierra comparten un ancestro común y que las diferencias entre las especies surgen de cambios graduales a lo largo de muchas generaciones.
9 de mai. de 2024 · Cuvieronius is an extinct New World genus of gomphothere which ranged from southern North America to western South America during the Pleistocene epoch. Among the last gomphotheres, it became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene, approximately 12,000 years ago, following the arrival of humans to the Americas.
24 de abr. de 2024 · 1804-Georges Cuvier suggests that fossils found in the area around Paris are "thousands of centuries" old. This casual observation pushes the age of the Earth well beyond its commonly accepted limits.
