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Zoology 10th Edition by Stephen Miller,John Harley
Edition 10ISBN: 978-0077837273Zoology 10th Edition by Stephen Miller,John Harley
Edition 10ISBN: 978-0077837273 Exercise 8
Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology influenced Charles Darwin's ideas of evolutionary change in which of the following ways?
A) His description of fossils of South America convinced Darwin that species that were present in the past became extinct, thus reinforcing ideas of change.
B) Lyell developed the ideas of another geologist, James Hutton, who advocated that uniformitarianism, not catastrophic change, was responsible for shaping the face of the earth.
C) Lyell's work convinced Darwin that the earth must be much older than 6,000 years.
D) Lyell described the volcanic origin of the Galápagos Islands, providing Darwin with ideas of how the islands might have been colonized by tortoises and finches.
E) Both b and c are correct.
F) All of the above (a-d) are correct.
A) His description of fossils of South America convinced Darwin that species that were present in the past became extinct, thus reinforcing ideas of change.
B) Lyell developed the ideas of another geologist, James Hutton, who advocated that uniformitarianism, not catastrophic change, was responsible for shaping the face of the earth.
C) Lyell's work convinced Darwin that the earth must be much older than 6,000 years.
D) Lyell described the volcanic origin of the Galápagos Islands, providing Darwin with ideas of how the islands might have been colonized by tortoises and finches.
E) Both b and c are correct.
F) All of the above (a-d) are correct.
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