Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
Moreover, it thus follows that not a great deal of time was needed for the large animals of the three major parts of the world to become known to the people who spent time on the coasts of those regions. Georges Cuvier
Moreover, it thus follows that not a great deal of time was needed for the large animals of the three major parts of the world to become known to the people who spent time on the coasts of those regions.
My object will be, first, to show by what connections the history of the fossil bones of land animals is linked to the theory of the earth and why they have a particular importance in this respect. Georges Cuvier
My object will be, first, to show by what connections the history of the fossil bones of land animals is linked to the theory of the earth and why they have a particular importance in this respect.
Nurse, it was I who discovered that leeches have red blood.[]On his deathbed when the nurse came to apply leeches. Georges Cuvier
Nurse, it was I who discovered that leeches have red blood.[]On his deathbed when the nurse came to apply leeches.
At the sight of a single bone, of a single piece of bone, I recognize and reconstruct the portion of the whole from which it would have been taken. The whole being to which this fragment belonged appears in my mind's eye. Georges Cuvier
At the sight of a single bone, of a single piece of bone, I recognize and reconstruct the portion of the whole from which it would have been taken. The whole being to which this fragment belonged appears in my mind's eye.
But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata and to the ebbing of the sea after the formations of new layers. Georges Cuvier
But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata and to the ebbing of the sea after the formations of new layers.
Thus it cannot be denied that the masses which today form our highest mountains were originally in a liquid state; for a long time they were covered by waters which did not sustain any life. Georges Cuvier
Thus it cannot be denied that the masses which today form our highest mountains were originally in a liquid state; for a long time they were covered by waters which did not sustain any life.
The traces of upheavals become more impressive when one moves a little higher, when one gets even closer to the foot of the great mountain ranges. There are still plenty of shell layers. We notice them, even thicker and more solid ones. Georges Cuvier
The traces of upheavals become more impressive when one moves a little higher, when one gets even closer to the foot of the great mountain ranges. There are still plenty of shell layers. We notice them, even thicker and more solid ones.
The lowest and most level land areas show us, especially when we dig there to very great depths, nothing but horizontal layers of material more or less varied, which almost all contain innumerable products of the sea. Georges Cuvier
The lowest and most level land areas show us, especially when we dig there to very great depths, nothing but horizontal layers of material more or less varied, which almost all contain innumerable products of the sea.
If they [enlightened men] take any interest in examining, in the infancy of our species, the almost obliterated traces of so many nations that have become extinct, they will doubtless take a similar interest in collecting, amidst the darkness. Georges Cuvier
If they [enlightened men] take any interest in examining, in the infancy of our species, the almost obliterated traces of so many nations that have become extinct, they will doubtless take a similar interest in collecting, amidst the darkness.
[Audubon's works are] the most splendid monuments which art has erected in honor of ornithology. Georges Cuvier
[Audubon's works are] the most splendid monuments which art has erected in honor of ornithology.
In spite of what moralists say,animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of the strong,the servility of the weak,low rapacity,ephemeral pleasure purchased by great effort, death preceded by long suffering. Georges Cuvier
In spite of what moralists say,animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of the strong,the servility of the weak,low rapacity,ephemeral pleasure purchased by great effort, death preceded by long suffering.
Hence the same instant which killed the animals froze the country where they lived. This event was sudden, instantaneous, without any gradual development. Georges Cuvier
Hence the same instant which killed the animals froze the country where they lived. This event was sudden, instantaneous, without any gradual development.