What did Hutton contribute to the origins of evolutionary thought?

Select one:

a. the Earth is shaped by geological forces that take place over extremely long periods of time and

estimated the Earth to be millions of years old

b. the inheritance of acquired traits

c. evolution by natural selection

d. if human population continues to grow unchecked there will be insufficient food and living space

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Deanna Holland

Biology

12 October, 07:41

What did Hutton contribute to the origins of evolutionary thought?

Select one:

a. the Earth is shaped by geological forces that take place over extremely long periods of time and

estimated the Earth to be millions of years old

b. the inheritance of acquired traits

c. evolution by natural selection

d. if human population continues to grow unchecked there will be insufficient food and living space

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i think A

Explanation:

change over time the process by which modern organisms have descended ... proposed that the earth is shaped by geological forces that took place over extremely long periods of time estimated the earth to be millions of years old ... published his own theory of evolution by natural selection about the same time as darwin.

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