LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution?
A
Lamarck
B
Einstein
C
Washington
D
Darwin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The theory of evolution is a shortened form of the term “theory of evolution by natural selection, ‘’ which was proposed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in the nineteenth century.

Detailed explanation-2: -He is also named the ‘Father of Evolution’. Charles Darwin traveled for five years to study fossils, animals, and plants. After his traveling he concluded that the organisms who adapt themselves according to the environment survive and those who do not adapt perish. Thus, giving rise to the theory of Natural selection.

Detailed explanation-3: -Charles Darwin is commonly cited as the person who “discovered” evolution. But, the historical record shows that roughly seventy different individuals published work on the topic of evolution between 1748 and 1859, the year that Darwin published On the Origin of Species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Read a brief summary of this topic Charles Darwin, in full Charles Robert Darwin, (born February 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England-died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent), English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies.

Detailed explanation-5: -A PhD student proved one of Darwin’s theories of evolution 140 years after his death. University of Cambridge PhD student Laura van Holstein just proved Darwin’s theory–that a genus with more species also has more subspecies.

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