Multiple Choice
People have found the Principle of Uniformity difficult to accept because they
A) couldn't believe that Earth was over 4 billion years old.
B) believed that geologic features were the result of catastrophic events.
C) couldn't accept the idea that mountains and canyons could be the result of slow, uniform changes.
D) All of the above.
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