What process intensified arguments about Earth's age because it would require long periods of time to
occur?
a. Uniformitarianism
b. Catastrophism
c. Natural Selection
d. Biblical creation
ANS: C
The argument as to the age of the Earth was already happening, but Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell
Wallace added to the debate with their theory of natural selection. Natural selection was a process that
required long periods of time to generate the diversity of life on Earth. Information can be found in the
section A New Understanding of Earth Evolved Slowly.
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