CONTENTS
| | Preface and Acknowledgments | ix |
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| | 1. The Theory of the Earth | 1 |
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| | 2. Living and Fossil Elephants | 13 |
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| | 3. The Megatherium from South America | 25 |
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| | 4. A Research Program on Fossil Bones | 33 |
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| | 5. An Appeal for International Collaboration | 42 |
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| | 6. The Animals from the Gypsum Beds around Paris | 59 |
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| | 7. A Pouched Marsupial from Paris | 68 |
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| | 8. Popular Lectures on Geology | 74 |
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Publication information:
Book title: Georges Cuvier, Fossil Bones, and Geological Catastrophes:New Translations & Interpretations of the Primary Texts.
Contributors: M. J. S. Rudwick - Author, George Cuvier - Author.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press.
Place of publication: Chicago, IL.
Publication year: 1997.
Page number: vii.
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