Question

8. Which of the following statements is true about Charles Darwin?
A. He believed that evolution was thanks to the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
B. He supported Lamarck's explanation of how evolution occurred.
C. He understood that the variation that exists in natural populations of plants or animals is that the
results of repeated mutations.
D. none of the above
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Answer 1

D. none of the above is the correct answer.

• Charles Darwin was a great biologist known for his theory of evolution.

• Darwin did not support Lamarck's idea of evolution resulting from the inheritance of acquired characteristics. He held the idea of evolution by natural selection.

• Discovery of fact that mutation causes variation was done in 20th century thus it was not understood by Charles Darwin.