Baron Georges Cuvier ________.(Select all that apply.)
A)founded the science of paleontology
B)used comparative anatomy to devise a system for classifying animals
C)proposed the idea of uniformitarianism
D)was an advocate for the ideas of the fixity of species and special creation
E)was particularly interested in vestigial structures

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Cuvier founded the scientific discipline of paleontology and also used comparative anatomy to devise a system for classifying animals.Although he studied fossils,he was an advocate for the ideas of the fixity of species and special creation.He reconciled the fossils he discovered and his belief in fixity by proposing the idea of catastrophism.Erasmus Darwin was the scientist most interested in vestigial structures and Charles Lyell formulated the theory of uniformitarianism.

Baron Georges Cuvier ________.(Select All That Apply.)