History of Evolutionary Thought

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Which French naturalist worked on a 44-volume natural series that described plants and animals?

  • Georges-Louis Leclerc (correct)
  • Georges Cuvier
  • Carolus Linnaeus
  • Erasmus Darwin

Who invented the binomial system of nomenclature for classifying organisms?

  • Carolus Linnaeus (correct)
  • Jean Baptiste Lamarck
  • Charles Lyell
  • Erasmus Darwin

Which French biologist proposed the theory of Lamarckism, which states that acquired characteristics are inheritable?

  • Jean Baptiste Lamarck (correct)
  • Georges Cuvier
  • Charles Lyell
  • Thomas Malthus

Who developed the theory of uniformitarianism, which believed that mountains and oceans formed over a long period of time?

<p>Charles Lyell and James Hutton (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which English economist published the work

<p>Thomas Malthus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection and wrote the book

<p>Charles Darwin (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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