Who Was the First to Actually Attempt to Explain the Mechanism

question 48

Multiple Choice

Who was the first to actually attempt to explain the mechanism by which species change?

• A) Carolus Linnaeus
• B) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
• C) Charles Lyell
• D) Charles Darwin
• E) Erasmus Darwin

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