We owe this esoteric knowledge to the comparative anatomists, who, a century ago, were at the cutting edge of evolutionary studies.

Richard Owen was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist.

Pre-Darwinian comparative anatomists took the former view; since Darwin, the latter has prevailed.

He became perhaps the finest comparative anatomist of the latter 19th century.

He was a zoologist and comparative anatomist.

The skull duly went to Cuvier in Paris, fortunately, because he was the leading comparative anatomist of the day.

Cope was a paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist and ichthyologist.

In 1960, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist Richard M. Ritland was added to the group.

This work completely changed the views of comparative anatomists.

Many consider him the greatest comparative anatomist of the latter half of the nineteenth century.