What did Lamarck and Cuvier disagree about? A)Lamarck was a social democrat and

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What did Lamarck and Cuvier disagree about?

A)Lamarck was a social democrat and Cuvier was an anarcho-capitalist.

B)Lamarck thought that populations of organisms adapted to their environments. Cuvier thought that global catastrophes explained the existence of different species at different times in prehistory.

C)Lamarck thought that organisms inherited traits from their parents on genes. Cuvier refused to accept genetic evidence.

D)Lamarck thought that global catastrophes explained why there were different species at different times in prehistory. Cuvier thought that this phenomena was better explained through adaptation.

Explanation / Answer

B) Lamarck thought that populations of organisms adapted to their environments. Cuvier thought that global catastrophes explained the existence of different species at different times in prehistory.

Lamarck proposed the use and disuse theory explaining that the organs which are used more are enhanced over period of time while the organs which are used less are extinct over a period of time.

Cuvier proposed that the prehistoric animals are different from the present day animals like mammoths and elephants are of two different species and elephants have not developed for mammoths. His theories gave rise to new thoughts called as catastrophism which means earth developed by rapid movement.

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