In the 1790s, Georges Cuvier found the fossil remains of mastodons. This conflicted with the prevailing worldview in Europe because: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. Answer choices it meant that fossils of long-dead individuals existed. it meant that all of the continents must have been linked together at one time. it meant that Irish elk had descended from much larger ancestors, which could only be true if evolutionary change was possible. it meant that extinction must occur, since nothing resembling mastodons existed on earth at that time. it meant that individuals from species currently found on earth were not completely decomposed after death.