Based partially on his comparative studies of the fossils of woolly mammoths and the bones of modern-day elephants, georges cuvier proposed several new ideas about the history of life on earth. which general statement can be made about this example? a. through specific studies, new ideas can be developed. b. scientists always discover new ideas when they study details about living things. c. all scientific ideas are made by comparing past and present organisms. d. understanding the past is not important to studying the present.