Multiple Choice
Robert Chambers, a Scottish geologist and author of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, is often overlooked for recognizing which critical aspect of evolutionary biology?
A) the theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics
B) the enormous influence of the environment on evolutionary change
C) thinking of evolution in terms of populations and not individuals
D) a theory for why new species came into being
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