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Who laid the foundation of palaeontology?
Who laid the foundation of palaeontology?
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The correct option is A Ammons
- Paleontology is the study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).
- It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments.
- The foundation of paleontology was laid by George Cuvier by his work on comparative anatomy.
- So, the correct answer is 'Cuvier'.
- Paleontology is the study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).
- It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments.
- The foundation of paleontology was laid by George Cuvier by his work on comparative anatomy.
- So, the correct answer is 'Cuvier'.
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