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Georges Cuvier (1769â1832), made a peer of France in 1819 in recognition of his work, was perhaps the most important European scientist of his day. His most famous work, Le RÃgne Animal, was published in French in 1817; Edward Griffith (1790â1858), a solicitor and amateur naturalist, embarked on in 1824, with a team of colleagues, an English version which resulted in this illustrated sixteen-volume edition with additional material, published between 1827 and 1835. Cuvier was the first biologist to compare the anatomy of fossil animals with living species, and he named the now familiar 'mastodon' and 'megatherium'. However, his studies convinced him that the evolutionary theories of Lamarck and St Hilaire were wrong, and his influence on the scientific world was such that the possibility of evolution was widely discounted by many scholars both before and after Darwin. Volume 1 is the first of four books on mammals.

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Preface; Preliminary sketch of the rise and progress of zoology; Introduction; The vertebrated animals; Order Bimana; Supplemental history of man; Order Quadrumana.

The Animal Kingdom Volume 1 The Class Mammalia 1 Arranged in Conformity with its Organization Cambridge Library Collection Zoology

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 5/17/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108049542, 978-1108049542
      ISBN10: 1108049540
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      Book Synopsis
      Georges Cuvier (1769â1832), made a peer of France in 1819 in recognition of his work, was perhaps the most important European scientist of his day. His most famous work, Le RÃgne Animal, was published in French in 1817; Edward Griffith (1790â1858), a solicitor and amateur naturalist, embarked on in 1824, with a team of colleagues, an English version which resulted in this illustrated sixteen-volume edition with additional material, published between 1827 and 1835. Cuvier was the first biologist to compare the anatomy of fossil animals with living species, and he named the now familiar 'mastodon' and 'megatherium'. However, his studies convinced him that the evolutionary theories of Lamarck and St Hilaire were wrong, and his influence on the scientific world was such that the possibility of evolution was widely discounted by many scholars both before and after Darwin. Volume 1 is the first of four books on mammals.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Preliminary sketch of the rise and progress of zoology; Introduction; The vertebrated animals; Order Bimana; Supplemental history of man; Order Quadrumana.

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