_________ was an eighteenth-century thinker who believed that living forms changed in response to the environment. Although he did not think nature was perfect or had a grand purpose, he still rejected the idea that one species could give rise to another
a. Alfred Russel Wallace
b. Georges-Louis Comte Leclerc de Buffon
c. Erasmus Darwin
d. John Ray
e. Georges Cuvier
b
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Among Christians in the 17th and 18th centuries in New England, adultery was considered:
a. prescribed for many different kinds of illness. b. a source of community gossip. c. a serious crime. d. a personal offense to the woman’s family. e. culturally acceptable.
A Hindu person's caste status in India is:
A) ?inherited at birth. B) ?of little importance these days. C) ?linked to one of three castes. D) ?necessary to determine occupation.
Why are Darwin’s finches considered good examples of natural selection?
a. They did not differ between populations. b. The originated in North America, according to fossil evidence. c. They embody the idea of descent with modification.
One of the most distinctive features of law in industrial societies is the proliferation of public and procedural law, referred to as __________
A. tort law B. administrative law C. habeas corpus D. litigation law