ocr: James Ussher Charles Lyell Divine Creation the uniformatism XVIII 2 Karl von Linne Charles Darwin the classification around the world 3 Georges de Buffon 10 Charles Darwin the natural history the origin ofspecies the flood 11 A famous theory battle XX l Erasmus Darwin 12 Gregor Mendel forerunner of genetics evolutionism XIX 13 Molecular Jean-Baptiste biology de Lamarck the transtormism 14 Evolution and paleontology Georges Cuvier the catatrophism CONTENTS