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    Georges Cuvier was a French paleontologist who developed the theory of correlation of parts, also known as catastrophism. Cuvier believed that the Earth had been shaped by sudden, violent catastrophic events that were worldwide in scope. He argued that organisms are perfectly adapted such that if one part is removed or changed, the entire organism would cease to function. This theory supported his interpretation of fossil evidence as remains of destroyed worlds, with different fossil groups representing different creations separated by catastrophic extinctions.

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    Georges Cuvier was a French paleontologist who developed the theory of correlation of parts, also known as catastrophism. Cuvier believed that the Earth had been shaped by sudden, violent catastrophic events that were worldwide in scope. He argued that organisms are perfectly adapted such that if one part is removed or changed, the entire organism would cease to function. This theory supported his interpretation of fossil evidence as remains of destroyed worlds, with different fossil groups representing different creations separated by catastrophic extinctions.

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    Georges Cuvier was a French paleontologist who developed the theory of correlation of parts, also known as catastrophism. Cuvier believed that the Earth had been shaped by sudden, violent catastrophic events that were worldwide in scope. He argued that organisms are perfectly adapted such that if one part is removed or changed, the entire organism would cease to function. This theory supported his interpretation of fossil evidence as remains of destroyed worlds, with different fossil groups representing different creations separated by catastrophic extinctions.

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    Georges cuvier’s theory

    of correlation of parts
    BORN
    August 23, 1769
    Montbéliard, France

    DIED
    May 13, 1832 (aged 62)
    Paris, France

    NOTABLE WORKS
    “Leçons d’anatomie comparée”
    “Le Règne animal distribué d’après

    Georges Cuvier
    son organisation”
    Theory of correlation of parts
    -Also known as theory of CATASTROPHISM
    -Catastrophism was the theory that the Earth had largely
    been shaped by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly
    worldwide in scope.
    https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/cuvier.html
    https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/hist
    ory_08

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