who was the first scientist to classify fossils?

Friedrich Wilhelm Humboldt

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Georges Cuvier

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William Smith

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The correct option is B Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier was a French naturalist and zoologist, known as the "founding father of paleontology".
So, the correct option is 'Georges Cuvier'.

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