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Image of p. 400 from Discours, with table of contents, adjacent to plate foldout which shows the fossilized human skeleton from Guadaloupe. Parts of the skeleton are identified with letters, without a legend. Cuvier studied the origin and geological location of these remains in 1818 and reported his findings in Discours.
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Exhibition:
Part of online exhibition: Rewriting the book of nature.
Related Title(s):
Rewriting the book of nature and Is part of: Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe, et sur les changemens qu'elles ont produits dans le règne animal; (DNLM)60741080R