Although Darwin became the best-known evolutionist, the idea of evolution had been around well before him. Darwin's key contribution was to propose a mechanism that drives evolution, which is known as

A. creationism.
B. natural selection.
C. catastrophism.
D. mutation.
E. lamarckianism.


Answer: B

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