Georges Cuvier proposed several new ideas about the history of life on earth following his comparative studies of the fossils of woolly mammoths and the bones of modern-day elephants. Which general statement can be made about this process? (Points : 3)
All scientific ideas are made by comparing past and present organisms.
Understanding the past is not important to studying the present.
Through specific studies, new ideas can be developed.
Scientists always discover new ideas when they study details about living things.

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Georges Cuvier proposed several new ideas about the history of life on earth following his comparative studies of the fossils of woolly mammoths and the bones of modern-day elephants. Which general statement can be made about this process?  (Points : 3)
       All scientific ideas are made by comparing past and present organisms.
       Understanding the past is not important to studying the present.
       Through specific studies, new ideas can be developed.
       Scientists always discover new ideas when they study details about living things.