Evolution as a Process That Has Always Gone on in the History

question 145

Multiple Choice

Evolution as a process that has always gone on in the history of the earth can be doubted only by those who are ignorant of the evidence or are resistant to evidence, owing to emotional blocks or to plain bigotry. By contrast, the mechanisms that bring evolution about certainly need study and clarification. There are no alternatives to evolution as history that can withstand critical examination. Yet we are constantly learning new and important facts about evolutionary mechanisms. Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense
Except in the Light of Evolution"

• A) Nonargument.
• B) Argument; conclusion: By contrast, the mechanisms ... study and clarification.
• C) Argument; conclusion: Yet we are constantly ... evolutionary mechanisms.
• D) Argument; conclusion: Evolution as a process ... blocks or to plain bigotry.
• E) Argument; conclusion: There are no alternatives ... critical examination.

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