About the same time, Georges Cuvier made the same discovery while studying the rocks around Paris.
同时,乔治·居维叶在研究巴黎周围的岩石时也作出了同样的发现。
Cuvier: French naturalist who is considered the founder of comparative anatomy and vertebrate paleontology.
居维叶:法国自然学家,他被认为是比较解剖学以及脊椎动物古生物学的创始者。
Cuvier, with one eye on Genesis and the other on nature, tried to please bigoted reaction by reconciling fossils with texts and by making mastodons flatter Moses.