Which Statement Best Applies to Charles Darwin and His Evolutionary

question 114

Multiple Choice

Which statement best applies to Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory?

• A)His ideas were readily accepted by religious fundamentalists and cultural conservatives.
• B)His works were truly revolutionary in that they were the first to propose a theory of evolution.
• C)His theory emphasized the idea of the "survival of the fit" in which advantageous natural variants and environmental adaptations in organisms determine their survival.
• D)His On the Origin of Species described man's evolution from animal origins through natural selection.
• E)He envisioned utopian evolution, unlike Marx who predicted materialistic revolution.

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