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JIPMER 2004
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2004
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Animal Kingdom

JIPMER 2004 · Botany · Animal Kingdom

The scientist, who described the birds as glorified reptiles, was

The scientist, who described the birds as glorified reptiles, was

Options

  1. ARomer
  2. BHuxley
  3. CMendel
  4. DRobert Hooke

Correct answer

B. Huxley

Step-by-step solution

Huxley stated that birds are glorified reptiles. The missing link Archaeopteryx is a fossil lizard bird. It was founded by Andreas Wagner (1861) from upper Jurassic limestone rocks of Solenbofen in Bowaria, Germany.
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