What Was the Subject of Charles Darwin's the Descent of Man

question 19

Multiple Choice

What was the subject of Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man ?

• A)It questioned the new evolutionary theories.
• B)It proposed the first theory of genetic mutations.
• C)It argued for the animal origins of human beings, who had evolved by adapting to their environment over time.
• D)It placed humans in the center of a rational universe.
• E)It predicted the extinction of man and the rise of a new creation that would dominate nature.

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