Cuvier, an Anatomist and Paleontologist, Proposed That

Multiple Choice

Cuvier, an anatomist and paleontologist, proposed that

A) all present-day organisms have descended, with adaptations, from one--or possibly a few--original organisms.
B) the earth's history has been marked by several periods when destruction of populations was widespread and that, after each such period, the earth was repopulated.
C) evolutionary changes in organisms are caused by use and disuse.
D) although evolution is responsible for all the changes that happen to species, one center of creation resulted in the original members of each species.
E) none of these are true.