Goodbye 'extinction,' hello 'evanescence'? Validating a new paradigm
Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 11:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier established extinction as a distinct field of science in a series of publications beginning in 1799. He confirmed that fossil species were formerly living species no longer extant, confirming similar conclusions of classical Greek scholars. However, mechanisms thought to control the process remained controversial for two centuries.