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Who gave the 'Theory of uniformitarianism ' ?

A

John Ray

B

William Smith

C

James Hutton

D

Erasmus Darwin

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The geologist J. Hutton (1726-1797) proposed the uniformitarian concept. The steady uniform action of the forces of nature could account for the earth's features.
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  13. Darwin proposed that new species evolve from ancestral forms by the :

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  14. The best description of natural selection is :

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