The Cuvier-Geoffroy Debate

The Cuvier-Geoffroy Debate
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 9780195041385
ISBN-13 : 0195041380
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Download or read book The Cuvier-Geoffroy Debate written by Toby A. Appel and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the historical and scientific issues that made comparative anatomy central to 19th-century biology and fostered the development of Darwin's theory of evolution.


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