George Cuvier Quotes
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The appearance of the bones of quadrupeds, especially those of complete bodies in the strata, tells us either that the layer itself which carries them was in earlier times dry land or that dry land was at least formed in the immediate area.
George Cuvier
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Appearance,
Area,
Bodies,
Carries,
Complete,
Dry,
Either,
Especially,
Formed,
Immediate,
Itself,
Land,
Layer,
Least,
Strata,
Them,
Those,
Times,
Us,
Which
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All George Cuvier Quotations:
But the revolutions and changes which...
Hence the same instant which killed...
Moreover, it thus follows that not...
My object will be, first, to...
Secondly, the nature of the revolutions...
The appearance of the bones of...
The lowest and most level land...
The older the layers, the more...
The traces of upheavals become more...
Thus it cannot be denied that...
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