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Earth's history is like this complex dance between long periods of stability and moments of dramatic change. It's not really an either-or situation; catastrophes aren't just destructive, they're also opportunities for something entirely new to emerge.
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Cuvier & Agassiz: Georges Cuvier (the father of paleontology) and Louis Agassiz were proponents of Catastrophism—the idea that Earth was shaped by sudden, violent events.
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