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    Question

    “The origin of Species” was written by :

    A Charles Darwin Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Carolus Linnaeus Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Erasmus Darwin Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D William Paley Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (John Murray, London, 1859) by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution .

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