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History of Evolutionary Thought
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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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which English economist published the work

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

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

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

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