Study Guide for Campbell Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134443775
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
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Chapter 22, Problem 2TYK
Which of the following scientists proposed that geological and biological changes are the result of catastrophic events?
- a. Cuvier
- b. Hutton
- c. Lyell
- d. Darwin
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