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Read the following statements and choose the following option: 1. All living organisms (species or types) that we see today were created as such. 2. The diversity was always the same since creation and will be the same in future also. 3. Earth is about 4000 years old. 4. Charles Darwin concluded that existing living forms share similarities to varying degrees not only among themselves but also with life forms that ex

Options

  1. A2 and 3 are correct
  2. B1, 2 and 3 are incorrect
  3. C1 and 2 are incorrect
  4. DOnly 4 is correct

Correct answer

D. Only 4 is correct

Step-by-step solution

One, that all living organisms (species or types) that we see today were created as such. Two, that the diversity was always the same since creation and will be the same in future also. Three, that earth is about 4000 years old. All these ideas were strongly challenged during the nineteenth century. Based on observations made during a sea voyage in a sail ship called H.M.S. Beagle round the world, Charles Darwin concluded that existing living forms share similarities to varying degrees not only among themselves but

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