Biogeography as a Science Began When

question 37

Multiple Choice

Biogeography as a science began when

• A) European naturalists first traveled the globe and noted patterns in the distributions of organisms.
• B) Europeans traveled to the Middle East during the Crusades.
• C) phylogenetic methods were developed.
• D) the theory of continental drift was accepted.
• E) Charles Darwin proposed the theory of natural selection.

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