The Development of the "Modern Synthesis" in Evolutionary Theory During

question 34

Multiple Choice

The development of the "modern synthesis" in evolutionary theory during the late 1930s and early 1940s was led by

• A) A.R. Wallace, Thomas Huxley and Gregor Mendel.
• B) E.B. Tyler, Lewis Henry Morgan and Franz Boas.
• C) Niles Eldridge, Stephen Jay Gould and Louis Alvarez.
• D) Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr and George Simpson.
• E) Francis Galton, Charles B. Davenport and Madison Grant.

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