What was Cuvier's theory of 'revolutions of the globe'?
My concept of the 'revolutions of the globe' posits that Earth's history is marked by catastrophic events that have dramatically altered its surface and led to widespread extinctions. These are not gradual, uniform changes, but rather violent, sudden disruptions that wipe out existing life forms. Following these cataclysms, new forms of life, often created elsewhere, repopulate the devastated regions. This cyclical process of creation, destruction, and repopulation explains the layers of fossils we find.
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