What Was One of the Ideas That Separated Charles Darwin's

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Multiple Choice

What was one of the ideas that separated Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species as a complete, scientific explanation for evolution when compared to all other previous attempts?

• A) Darwin provided copious evidence that each species was completely unique.
• B) Darwin recognized that species can occasionally spontaneously arise.
• C) Darwin articulated a mechanistic explanation for change in species over time and the match between organisms and the environment.
• D) Darwin explained that each domain of living organisms has independent ancestry that diversified over much longer periods of time than previously recognized.

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