# Cuvier — The Origin of Species character guide

> Cuvier in The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the illustrious Cuvier, Frederick Cuvier, Cuvier

**First appearance:** 0001-an-historical-sketch-of-the-progress-of-opinion-on-the-origin-of-species-previously-to-the-publication-of-the-first-edition-of-this-work

## Who they are

A founder of paleontology who believed in the fixity of species.

## In the story

### [VI: Difficulties of the Theory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/vi-difficulties-of-the-theory)

Mentioned for his emphasis on the conditions of existence, which Darwin incorporates into natural selection.

### [The Law of Unity of Type and of the Conditions of Existence Embraced by the Theory of Natural Selection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/summary-the-law-of-unity-of-type-and-of-the-conditions-of-existence-embraced-by-the-theory-of-natural-selection)

Referenced as 'the illustrious Cuvier' who insisted on the conditions of existence, now embraced by natural selection.

### [On the Sudden Appearance of Whole Groups of Allied Species](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/on-the-sudden-appearance-of-whole-groups-of-allied-species)

Mentioned for his earlier claim that no monkey occurred in any tertiary stratum, later disproven.

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