Charles Darwin's the Descent of Man

question 66

Multiple Choice

Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man

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

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