How Did Cuvier's Theory of Catastrophism Conflict with Early Evolutionary

question 16

Multiple Choice

How did Cuvier's theory of catastrophism conflict with early evolutionary thinking?

• A) It held that disasters, like floods or earthquakes, completely wiped out species, and new ones were created to replace them.
• B) It maintains that, were species to develop as described in Darwinian evolution, it would be catastrophic for their survival.
• C) Catastrophism argues that all species are doomed to extinction, regardless of their relative fitness to their environment.
• D) Catastrophism recognizes no impact of the environment on a species' chance for survival.

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