Campbell Essential Biology (7th Edition)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780134765037
Author: Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 2SQ
Which of the following is a true statement about Charles Darwin?
- a. He was the first to discover that living things can change, or evolve.
- b. He based his theory on the inheritance of acquired traits.
- c. He proposed natural selection as the mechanism of evolution.
- d. He was the first to realize that Earth is more than 6,000 years old
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