The idea that many species that once lived are now extinct due to major geologic events is called ________ and was developed by ________

a. catastrophism / Georges Cuvier
b. inheritance of acquired traits / Jean-Baptiste Lamark
c. principles of geology / Charles Lyell
d. evolution / Charles Darwin


a

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