Cuvier, an anatomist and paleontologist, proposed
that
a. all present-day organisms have descended, with
adaptations, from one—or possibly a few—
original organisms.
b. the earth’s history has been marked by several
periods when destruction of populations was
widespread and that, after each such period, the
earth was repopulated.
c. evolutionary changes in organisms are caused by
use and disuse.
d. although evolution is responsible for all the
changes that happen to species, one center of
creation resulted in the original members of each
species.
e. none of these are true.
Answer: b
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