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Set 3 The Development Of Evolutionary Theory

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Question 1

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Charles Darwin was not the only one to conceive of natural selection. Who published an article suggesting current species were descended from other species?

A) Jean Baptiste Lamarck
B) Erasmus Darwin
C) Georges-Louis Leclerk de Buffon
D) Alfred Russel Wallace
E) John Scopes

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Question 2

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What is the belief that species do not change but are the same as when first created known as?

A) fixity of species
B) the Great Chain of Being
C) truth
D) uniformitarianism
E) natural selection

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Question 3

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What is the view that the extinction and the subsequent appearance of more modern forms could be explained by a series of disasters and creations?

A) natural selection
B) catastrophism
C) use-disuse theory
D) uniformitarianism
E) descent with modification

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