In the Mid-Nineteenth Century Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace

question 49

Multiple Choice

In the mid-nineteenth century Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace observed many organisms. Based on these observations, they arrived at an explanation, called ____, for how populations change through time. ​

• A)evolution
• B)natural selection
• C)creationism
• D)natural evolution
• E)genetics

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Economics

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