intermediates, he believed these were evidence for evolution but differed from Darwin in believing they were the result of a plan by God. Because of his spiritual beliefs, he rejected the idea of natural selection and struggle for existence. Paleontologist Éric Buffetaut has written that "Gaudry's strong religious feelings made it difficult for him to accept Darwin's mechanistic vision of an evolution based on chance and natural selection. Evolution was acceptable to him because it revealed a unity in the organic world which was the mark of divine works." Publications Animaux fossiles et géologie de l'Attique (2 vols., 1862–1867) Considérations Générales sur les Animaux Fossiles de Pikermi (1866) Cours de paléontologie (1873) Animaux fossiles du Mont Lebéron (1873) Les Enchaînements du monde animal dans les temps géologiques (Mammifères tertiaires, 1878 ; Fossiles primaires, 1883; Fossiles secondaires, 1890) Essai de paléontologie philosophique (1896) Brief memoir with portrait in Geol. Mag. (1903), p. 49. Source Quotes If we recognise that organised beings have little by little been transformed, we shall regard them as plastic substances which an artist has been pleased to knead during the immense course of ages, lengthening here, broadening or diminishing there, as the sculptor, with a piece of clay, produces a thousand forms, following the impulse of his genius. But we shall not doubt that the artist was the Creator himself, for each transformation has borne a reflection of his infinite beauty. Notes References Further reading Philippe Glangeaud. (1910). Albert Gaudry and the Evolution of the Animal Kingdom. Washington. 1827 births 1908 deaths Collège Stanislas de Paris alumni Foreign Members of the Royal Society French geologists French paleontologists Members of the French Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye Theistic evolutionists Wollaston Medal winners