What Theory Has the Central Thesis That All Present-Day Organisms

question 17

Multiple Choice

What theory has the central thesis that all present-day organisms are related and that they have descended with modifications from organisms that lived in the past?

• A)theory of relativism
• B)best-fit theory
• C)theory of organic evolution
• D)unifying theory
• E)theory of uniformitarianism

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